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On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 22:56 +0000, Adrian Midgley (Gmail) wrote: > On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 13:25 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > Anyone here had the form from the NHS recently? > > > > If you want to opt-out of their new uber database, you need to download a > > form off the 'net, print it and take it in-person to your local GP. > > I had not realised it was supposed to be delivered in person. I suspect > this may not be enforced, I don't see why anyone on the receiving end > would wish to. > > > I'm opting out. > This seems to be rather dim paranoia, done as a sort of hobby rather than based on any real threat. Especially from people who are supposed to be IT literate. In what way is a computer record less secure than a few bits of paper that often go walk-a-bout and get left any place in a busy hospital? When I end up in A&E I'd like it that the people dealing with me could have an accurate record of allergies, medications and so on. At the moment if you are going through medical procedures not based at your own GP surgery you are often your own Summary Care Record. This means that everything has to be explained at length to every new consultant, specialist, nurse or whomever every time. This may be fine for you, who has a %100 effective memory, not so for me as I might miss some small but vital point and certainly not for my dad whose comprehension is slow and fact retention poor - and he isn't even suffering any form of dementia, perfectly compos, but 95 years old. When he falls over in the street and needs treatment he's going to have a great time listing the medications he takes and previous procedures carried out. Any bored clerk is fine to surf my SCR, much joy and amusement may it bring them! At least as text on a screen they'll be able to read it properly. Ought to get rid of that Big Brother Big Government NHS anyhow. Oh no, there are black helicopters with UN markings coming over Exmoor.... -- 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