Is copyright in things like patient information leaflets important?
• Yes, it is. The Trust may want to sell the information, perhaps, or make it available freely across the NHS. The Trust will probably need to make provisions against copying, and this can only be done if it owns the copyright. Assertion of copyright in material used across the NHS will raise the profile of the Trust even if the material is not intended to be sold. But aside from raising the profile it is always important to assert ownership of copyright before making it available outside the Trust.
