OUR EDITORIAL PROCESS

There is a real person behind every update.

The SpecialistInfo database is researched, maintained and updated by our dedicated in-house Editorial Team. We do not use artificial intelligence to collect, verify or maintain the information held within our database.

Our team works directly with doctors, consultants’ secretaries, hospitals, NHS trusts and GP surgeries, alongside appropriate professional sources, to help keep our information accurate and current.

How our editorial process works
RESEARCH → VERIFY → REVIEW → UPDATE

Research Our Editorial Team proactively researches changes across the UK healthcare sector, as well as receiving information directly from doctors, secretaries, hospitals, NHS trusts and GP practices.

Verify Information is manually checked against appropriate professional sources. Where information is unclear or conflicting, our team investigates rather than simply accepting or automatically publishing an update.

Review Before changes are made, the information is reviewed to help ensure it is accurate and relates to the correct healthcare professional or organisation.

Update Once checked, the information is manually updated within the SpecialistInfo database by a member of our Editorial Team.

What we update Every working day, our team researches and processes changes including:

• New consultant and GP appointments
  
• Hospital, NHS trust and GP practice changes
  
• Doctors moving between organisations or leaving roles
  
• Professional contact information
  
• Clinical specialties and specialist interests
  
• Secretary and practice contact information
  
• Other relevant changes to doctors’ professional profiles
  
  

Human-led since 1998

SpecialistInfo has been providing healthcare information since 1998, and careful human research and verification has always been central to the way we work.

Technology has changed considerably during that time, but our commitment to accuracy has not.

We do not rely on AI to decide what information should be added to or changed within our database. A member of our Editorial Team is behind every update.

That human involvement means discrepancies can be investigated, information can be considered in context and changes can be checked before they become part of the database.

Over 100,000 healthcare professionals. Thousands of updates. One dedicated Editorial Team.