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 > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Alex Skene <[email protected]> > To: "mySociety public, general purpose discussion list" < > [email protected]> > 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 > [email protected] > [NB: subscribed to this list via my personal email address] > > > [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 > > _______________________________________________ > > developers-public mailing list > > [email protected] > > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > > > Unsubscribe: > > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/alex%40alexskene.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe, archive or settings: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > -- -- Paul Bradshaw Publisher, Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com Founder, Help Me Investigate http://helpmeinvestigate.com - Shortlisted for Multimedia Publisher of the Year, 2010 Organiser, Hacks and Hackers Birmingham http://meetupbirmingham.hackshackers.com/ Visiting Professor, City University, London http://www.city.ac.uk/journalism/ Course Leader, MA Online Journalism, Birmingham City University http://bit.ly/maonlinejournalism http://twitter.com/paulbradshaw LinkedIn profile and recommendations at http://bit.ly/paulbrecommendations Oh, and that book I co-wrote is out now: http://amzn.to/jEND3p
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