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Inclusion of information held on Grampian CareData
Information about the following types of service will normally be held by Grampian CareData:
- Local Authorities, NHS Grampian services, Scottish Executive or government departments
- Organisations or services which are affiliated to a national parent organisation or a nationally approved body
- Organisations or services which are funded or approved by the Local Authorities or NHS Grampian
- Local self help and support groups which have been assisted in their development by the Local Authorities or NHS Grampian
- Selected complementary therapies are included with a description plus contact information for the national ruling body. This information is currently provided by NHS Grampian only
- Organisations with charitable status (Scottish or British)
- Independent and profit making organisations providing services which support the CareData client groups, at the discretion of the CareData Team with advice from authoritative sources
Exclusion of information held on Grampian CareData
The criteria for the exclusion of services rules out information about:
- Individual local complementary therapists and other allied health professionals, as stipulated by NHS Grampian
- Political parties
- Organisations which have had complaints or concerns about services. These issues will be discussed by the CareData Team, advice taken from other relevant authoritative sources, the information removed from the database if applicable, and the information provider will be informed.
External Records Policy
An External Record is used when an organisation or group has published information on its own website that can be linked to. Basic contact details, a description and category are held in a short record on Grampian CareData, but if a user wants more detail, they follow the link to the external website. If your information does not meet our criteria for linking to external records, we would ask that you retain a full Service Detail Record in order to provide full and up-to-date information about your services.
The criteria are as follows:
- The information on the external web site should be regularly updated and, preferably, the date of last updating should be displayed on the page linked to.
- The information available on the external web site should match or exceed the breadth and detail that would normally be given in a full Grampian CareData service detail record and be easily found on, or linked from, the page that is linked to.
- The information linked to should meet the requirements of the Grampian CareData Style Guide
External Records with links to Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council and NHS Grampian web sites are normally maintained by Grampian CareData. These organisations should follow the principle that they will maintain their own data wherever possible. The Grampian CareData team will give encouragement and assistance to any service wanting to publish, or improve existing, content on their own web site.
External Records held by other IPs may also be maintained by Grampian CareData as agreed between the parties concerned.