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So following the disaster that is Choose and Book, we now have a centralised patient information system on it's way - which unfortunately seems to be of no actual use when it comes to caring for patients... All the confidential things that you discuss, are prescribed, are tested for or that your GP's comment will be stored, and linked to you in an easily identifiable way, and accessable by anybody in the NHS at all with access to the system, without any control or paper trail. And this database is already being mined, without anonymising patients by researchers and private companys for their own benefit. http://www.nhsconfidentiality.org/ Because if you or a member of your family ever has to deal with anything embarrising or especially private, from counselling to prozac, to threadworm or an STD, the Department of Health, faceless hospital managers, any student at any college or university, and any private company with an interest can find and identify you. Apparently you can 'opt out', by de-registering with the NHS, so no more treatment or seeing your GP, and if you do, you have your records added into the system again, and have to de-register again. This from the people who brought you ID Cards, Biometric Passports, The Millenium Done and The Child Support Agency. Yours disgruntledly, A. -- http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Hosting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html