Ambulance trusts join mapping agreement with OS
Every ambulance trust in England can now benefit from greater access
to Ordnance Survey’s most detailed digital geographic data, thanks to an
agreement between the mapping agency and The Information Centre for
Health and Social Care.
The groundbreaking agreement, which came into place in April, covers
more than 600 health services, including primary care trusts, strategic
health authorities, NHS trusts and cancer registries. So far 330 have
applied to be part of the pilot. Now 31 ambulance trusts are eligible to
join.
“Geographic information can support day-to-day decision making as
well as long-term planning for a range of essential services such as
emergency response, patient transport and incident control”, said
Vanessa Lawrence, Ordnance Survey’s Director General and Chief
Executive. “It gives health managers the ability to use Ordnance Survey
data to support their operations and policies and to meet key
performance targets. It also encourages interoperability by enabling the
NHS to share geographically referenced information with emergency
services, government departments and local authorities.”
The digital portfolio encompasses small-scale mapping of regional
areas to more detailed coverage of local areas, including street-level,
postcode and spatial address data. Products based on new-generation OS
MasterMap data, specifically designed to be managed as a fully
integrated corporate database, are also available.
Source: bjhc&im June 2006
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