Laboratories & diagnostics
Test methodology, equipment quality checks, validation protocols and non-personal process information, separated from patient results.
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A specialist assessment, not a standard intake
Healthcare, care & life sciences
Start with non-confidential operational, laboratory, equipment or research information. Patient-level or identifiable care records are not assumed eligible for sale or licensing.
Discuss records in this sectorLand & living systems
Is there suitable non-personal or specifically authorised material to investigate?
This sector has a higher assessment threshold. The first discussion is about the nature of the material, the rights and governance around it, and whether a lawful, suitable route could exist at all.
Illustrative connectionNot a sample archive or a promise of value
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Permitted research or operational question
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Documented protocol or method
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Quality or validation evidence
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Result, limitation & provenance
Relevant records
Look beyond
the final file.
What was known, what was decided, what happened and what the evidence shows.
The examples below are categories to discuss. Existence, rights, suitability and buyer requirements still need to be established.
Biotechnology & pharmaceutical services
Rights-cleared experimental protocols, reagent or manufacturing specifications, batch-quality records and research provenance.
Care and clinical operations
Non-identifying operational procedures and quality frameworks. Any proposed clinical or case-level material needs a separate specialist legal, privacy and governance assessment.
Potential uses, not promised demand
What might an AI team investigate?
- Exploring retrieval and evidence-tracing from permitted technical or procedural material.
- Researching laboratory process and quality records where rights and suitability are established.
- Evaluating whether a system represents methods and limitations accurately. No clinical validation, diagnosis or treatment claim is implied.
Any actual recipient, purpose and permitted use must be agreed. These are research and evaluation possibilities, not confirmed buyers, available datasets or claims of proven AI performance.
Before anything is shared
The boundaries
are part of the work.
- Do not send patient records, genetic data, identifiable images, care plans or other sensitive personal material.
- Anonymisation, consent, ethics approval and legal authority are separate questions; none is established by an enquiry or by removing names.
- Professional duties, research agreements, funder terms and retention requirements may prevent reuse even where a copy is held.
McKays does not promise that redaction or anonymisation will make material suitable. Detailed review, preparation responsibilities and any specialist advice must be agreed separately.
Research & specialist records
Explore the subject.
Keep the context.
These record areas sit within this sector. They complement the business types below; they are not additional businesses or a catalogue of available datasets.
Doctor–patient audio, transcripts & clinical notes
Specialist record area
- Lawfully recorded doctor–patient consultation audio, aligned text transcripts and associated clinical notes, where the proposed reuse can be authorised.
- Recording provenance, transcription method, speaker labels, note versions and permitted-use documentation.
Illustrative categories only. Ownership, permissions, confidentiality, funding or publisher restrictions and the proposed use must be reviewed. No records, rights or buyer demand are assumed.
Medicine & clinical research
Specialist record area
- Study protocols, medical research methods, measurement definitions and non-personal laboratory procedures.
- Any proposed patient-level observations, clinical annotations or outcomes require a separate clinical-data review before access or sharing.
Illustrative categories only. Ownership, permissions, confidentiality, funding or publisher restrictions and the proposed use must be reviewed. No records, rights or buyer demand are assumed.
Clinical material needs a separate review.
Do not send recordings, transcripts or clinical notes with an initial enquiry. Before any access or proposed reuse, specialist legal and clinical-governance review must establish authority, recording and reuse permissions, confidentiality duties, security and a lawful basis under Article 6 plus an applicable Article 9 condition for health data. Explicit consent may be relevant; another condition can be used only where its specific requirements are met. Consent to treatment or recording does not by itself establish permission for commercial AI reuse.
Pseudonymised information remains personal data. Removing names or asserting that data is anonymous does not establish lawful reuse, remove all confidentiality or contractual restrictions, or authorise a sale. No anonymisation service or acceptance of clinical archives is promised.
Sources: ICO special-category data guidance; ICO anonymisation guidance. Checked 20 October 2026; the ICO notes that guidance is under review following legislative changes. This page is not legal advice.
Find your kind of business
Specific work.
Specific records.
Explore examples for the businesses and organisations in this sector.
Primary-care practices
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Practice-owned procedural guidance, if cleared for reuse
- Non-personal service protocols and their revision history
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveDermatology practices
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Practice-owned procedural guidance, if cleared for reuse
- Non-personal equipment or diagnostic-method documentation
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveDiagnostic imaging centres
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Non-patient imaging protocols and method revisions
- Equipment calibration and quality-control documentation
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveDental practices
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Practice-owned procedural protocols
- Non-patient equipment and quality-control documentation
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveOptometry practices
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Measurement procedures and instrument methodology
- Non-patient calibration or quality-control material
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archivePhysiotherapy practices
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Practice-owned treatment-method guidance, if cleared for reuse
- Non-personal procedural revisions
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveMental-health practices
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Practice-owned procedural or methodological guidance only
- No therapy notes, case histories or identifiable clinical material in the initial enquiry
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveSpeech and language therapy practices
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Practice-owned procedural and assessment-method guidance
- Non-personal methodology revisions, subject to rights review
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveAudiology clinics
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Hearing-measurement methods and device test protocols
- Non-patient instrument or device quality-control records
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveMedical diagnostic laboratories
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Laboratory procedures and method revisions
- Non-patient quality-control results and instrument checks
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveHome-health providers
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Provider-owned care procedures and revisions
- Non-personal service-method documentation
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveNursing-home operators
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Provider-owned care procedures and revisions
- Non-personal service-method documentation
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveHospice providers
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Provider-owned care procedures and revisions
- Non-personal service-method documentation
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveProsthetics and orthotics practices
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Non-patient device methods and procedure revisions
- Permitted technical provenance and testing methods
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveSleep clinics
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Non-patient testing protocols and method revisions
- Equipment and measurement-method documentation
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveClinical research organisations
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Study protocols only where sponsor and reuse rights permit
- Non-personal methodology and quality-control documentation
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archivePharmaceutical contract manufacturers
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Permitted manufacturing deviations and investigations
- Corrective actions and non-personal batch provenance
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveGenomic sequencing service companies
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Non-human or otherwise non-personal method and quality-control documentation
- Processing protocols only where rights permit; no individual genomic data in an enquiry
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveCell-culture and laboratory reagent suppliers
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Reagent specifications and lot characteristics
- Permitted stability, purity and performance-test results
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveDrug-discovery biotechnology companies
Record classes to describe, not upload
- Permitted non-personal experiment methods and unsuccessful trials
- Non-personal assay results, subject to sponsor and intellectual-property restrictions
Describe the category only. Personal, clinical, privileged or otherwise restricted records are not assumed eligible; separate specialist review may be needed.
Discuss this type of archiveNo matching business type in this guide. Search all sectors, or describe your records in an enquiry.
A useful first enquiry
Start with a description.
Not the archive.
Identify the organisation type, broad non-confidential material category, period, governance contact and whether relevant reuse permissions have already been considered.
Paper, digital and mixed archives can be discussed. Approximate answers are fine. Mention your role, who can authorise a review and any practical deadline.
Prepare an enquirySend a non-confidential enquiry through the website. No archive files are uploaded.