Ambulances in England will have access to Ordnance Survey’s digital geographic information as part of a pilot agreement between the data collection agency and NHS, reports Public Technology.
Other health services participating in the pilot, which started in November 2005, are already using the data for planning the distribution of reousources, espcially for deprived areas.
I am sure this will please the Technology Guardian’s Free our Data campaign.
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