Maybe - mine want the form presented in person so they know it's you!
Maybe - mine want the form presented in person so they know it's you!
It might be worth mentioning WHY you should be concerned given the news item this morning suggesting NHS England will use the 6 month delay to 'further educate' people on the benefits.
Public sector has a poor record in IT Systems implementation. It's not that their systems are larger and more complex than private systems, the opposite in fact. There are a number of factors but one major one is a tendency to attempt some kind of 'big bang' approach whereas in the private sector implementation tends to be more modular. Creating successful complex systems is considerably easier if they are broken down into smaller, less complex, systems that can be integrated.
The NHS has a poor record of data security with reports suggesting up to 2000 patient records are compromised daily.
NHS admits new medical records database could pose privacy risk - Telegraph
Even the NHS' own Risk Assessment suggests that care.data could be open to abuse.
The so-called anonymisation is less than useless if other databases are similarly open to abuse - anyone who knows anything about databases knows how easy it is to take two databases, each containing NI number, and join the tables yielding name, address etc.
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...but how long before you can just google someone's medical record out of the cloud?
Totally horrified this morning to read in the Telegraph that the NHS has already sold the hospital records of all patients to insurers.:Angryfire
The insurers have already been using this info to increase the premiums of many people.
Hospital records of all NHS patients sold to insurers - Telegraph
Apparently the Opt Out period has been extended.........................Does that surprise anyone now they know ATOS are involved ?
Opting Out Details Here :: How to opt out | medConfidential
Cheers m8.
I'm guessing that this covers opting out from everything.
Every month I order a repeat prescription using the "systemonline" ordering system. 2 days after placing the order I go to the surgery to pick up the paper prescription and the next time I pass a pharmacy I call in and get the pills. On the last 2 occasions I have used a Pharmacy (Weldricks) about 3 miles away from where I live. Prior to this I had been using Lloyds which is less than 1mile from home.
Today I used the "systemonline" and was requested to collect the prescription from Weldricks in 2 days time. I never opted into the EPS (electronic prescription service) neither was I given the opportunity to opt out of it.
I never gave Weldricks permission to contact my surgery or the surgery permission to nominate Weldricks.
In the past 3 years Weldricks has spread like a rash in my area, putting all the independents out of business. What motivates them? Would a request from an Insurance or drug company, get a favourable response?
All GP practices have been privatised and are now only motivated incentives.
Time is running out if you want to opt out of the NHS database. You should get a leaflet by the end of this month.
http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10595743/Four-in-10-GPs-to-opt-out-of-NHS-database.html
Personally, I wouldn't trust them an inch. Thoughts?
The other thing is, anyone with an NHS smart card, has total access to your/our info.
I think a higher level should be needed to access anything other than basics.
though I agree that's probably harder to do than tripe.
And that's where the problem arises. It's a question of defining the level of "need" in relation to the level of "access".
1)......I don't object to all my medical information being readily available, to anyone with a medical need, for my personal treatment.
2)......I do object to the same information, supposedly abridged or "anonymised" being sold to a third party for commercial reasons.
It looks like they only bothered to ask after the event, if the reports are correct. "Statistical data" is a smoke screen for people on the make.
So, front line staff should have the higher access level to all the medical detail, above that restriction should apply, but that conflicts with traditional
NHS hierarchy, particularly the "top end" who seem to be selling, or have already sold, the data. No surprise.
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