NHS Trust intranets, 'Meet the team' pages, GP practice websites, and clinical directory profiles all need staff photos. The standard route - in-person trust photographer days - takes months to schedule. Profyle delivers UK-hosted, signed-DPA, NHS-compliant headshots in 24 hours at £15 per staff member.
NHS photography sits at the intersection of three constraints. Compliance is strict: staff biometric data has to stay within UK or EU jurisdiction; the Trust's Information Governance team will require a signed DPA. Most AI services are US-based and can't satisfy this. Clinical staff are hard to schedule: consultants are at conferences, registrars are on rotation, GPs are in clinics. The photographer-day model breaks. Trusts have multiple sites: headshots from the main hospital don't match photos at the community clinic, and the directory looks fragmented.
Profyle is the right shape for NHS photography. Reader Digital Ltd is ICO-registered with a pre-signed DPA available for IG team review. Data sits in UK or EU jurisdiction. Staff upload selfies from their phone whenever convenient - no scheduling, no in-person appointment, no travel between sites. Team admin sees aggregate completion progress for the IG report. NO patient image data is involved at any point.
An 80-consultant Trust at £15/seat = £1,200 total. Replaces tens of hours of photographer scheduling plus £20,000+ in studio session costs.
| Team size | Total | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Single GP (trial) | £29 | Standard tier |
| GP practice (8 staff) | £144 | Tier 1 - £18/seat |
| Department (30 staff) | £450 | Tier 2 - £15/seat |
| Trust-wide (80+ staff) | £1,200+ | Tier 3 - £12/seat, signed DPA |
ICO registration: C1906880 (Reader Digital Ltd) - verify on ICO
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Data hosting: Cloudflare R2 (UK + EU regions). No data routed via the United States.
Data retention: Selfies deleted after 30 days. Final headshots retained per admin preference.
DPA: Signed Data Processing Agreement available - email partnerships@ for pre-signed PDF.
Yes - our DPA is built for UK regulated professions and covers UK GDPR, sub-processor disclosure (Cloudflare and Replicate), retention policy, data-deletion rights. NHS IG teams typically clear it within 1-2 weeks.
No. Product processes only the staff member's own selfies. No patient images, no clinical data, no shared training across teams.
Yes, at any point. We don't generate headshots without the staff member uploading their own selfies.
Yes - every order delivers multiple aspect ratios for trust intranet, LinkedIn, Royal College directory, GP practice website.
Yes. Tier 2 and Tier 3 include style options for clinical attire as well as office-formal. Tell us at order time.