Wednesday, 22 November 2006

Hospitals and Databases

This morning I accompanied Jackie to hospital for a “procedure” and then returned home to spend the remainder of the day working on databases, WCVS’s 2007-08 budget, and our ongoing survey of local voluntary groups.

For our survey, I am increasingly obstructed by my ignorance of local postcodes. I have a lsit of more than 1,000 local groups to review, but how many are actually based in Watford? The easiest way to tell is from postcodes, but no-one can provide a list of which codes are inside the borough’s boundarises, and which lie outside. Watford Borough Council will look into it for me (they must know somewhere) and the Royal Mail offer to sell me a database for £1,500.