Email addresses for key individuals
Dear NHS Digital,
I would very much appreciate if you could disclose the following under the Freedom of Information Act, should you prefer to do so outwith the act please leave details and we can contact you personally as we require this information for trade association use.
We would like this information to be provided as an excel spreadsheet or csv file with separate columns for name, trust, and email address.
Please supply list of email addresses, ideally in excel or CSV format for (each as a separate file please):
1. CEOs of all NHS trusts
2. Finance Directors of all NHS Trusts
3. FOI/Information Governance department of each NHS trust.
Where it is alleged that any section will breach the time limit (which seems very unlikely given most database systems in use please contact us so that we can provide advice and assistance or refine the scope (we do not think this will be difficult and indeed such mailing lists in respect of 1 and 2 are highly likely to exist already).
Many thanks for your assistance with this important request which will enable our trade association to contact key individuals more easily on behalf of our members.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Colin Iain Campbell MBChB FRSPH
PS - As an aside could you confirm outwith FOI how long email data/records are kept for individuals who have left employment with the NHS? This is germane to some FOIs we have placed we are keen to know if data is retained indefinately unless deleted or purged automatically after a certain time interval.
Ref: NIC-322211-T2N5J
Dear Dr Colin Iain Campbell,
I am writing to acknowledge that your request for information was received
by NHS Digital on 18th August 2019 and is currently being considered.
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Ref: NIC-322211-T2N5J
Dear Colin Iain Campbell,
Many thanks for your recent request to NHS Digital.
We have now received a reply to this from our colleagues in the
Information Governance team.
Please see the attached file.
Kind Regards,
Contact Centre Team
NHS Digital
[1]www.digital.nhs.uk
0300 303 5678
[2][NHS Digital request email]
1 Trevelyan Square | Boar Lane | Leeds | LS1 6AE
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