Thanks Alex,

I expect we might see more and more requests as GPs gain commissioning
power. As part of that, I wonder how much information there is in terms of
which NHS PCT they belong to and which commissioning consortia they become
part of?

Just thinking aloud really...

Paul

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Alex Skene <[email protected]>
> To: "mySociety public, general purpose discussion list" <
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> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 16:29:47 +0100
> Subject: Re: [mySociety:public] FOIs to GP
> Our current policy is to add them on request (we currently have 2
> listed [1]), however we would consider adding them in bulk if there
> were definitive lists or databases of contact email addresses to match
> against.  We have to balance the fairly low level of demand for making
> FOI requests to GPs versus the volunteer admin overhead of keeping the
> list of GPs and their addresses up-to-date.
>
> We would also need our bulk import tool to be improved, especially as
> we'd want to tag them with their externally recognised NHS codes for
> easier ongoing reconciliation.
> <<https://github.com/sebbacon/alaveteli/issues/60>>
>
>
> Kind regards
> Alex - WhatDoTheyKnow.com volunteer
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> [1] <<http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/list/surgery>>
>
> On 4 July 2011 16:05, Paul Bradshaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Have just been impressed by how quickly a GP surgery has responded to an
> FOI
> > request - even though it was submitted through the old fashioned postal
> > system.
> > I wondered whether WDTK had attempted to include GP addresses before in
> > addition to the current list of organisations? (I know it would quite
> easily
> > triple the list)
> > Paul
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