Are you allowing your medical records to be hoovered up and shared outside the NHS?, If you don't opt out now, they will be (England only) |
Are you allowing your medical records to be hoovered up and shared outside the NHS?, If you don't opt out now, they will be (England only) |
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 - 17:18
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Webmaster Group: Root Admin Posts: 8,205 Joined: 30 Mar 2003 From: Wokingham, UK Member No.: 2 |
This is an entirely off-topic thread, except in that it involves government behaving like scumbags (again).
In the next few months the full medical records of every NHS patient in England will start being hoovered up directly from GPs' computer systems by an organisation called the Health and Social Care Information Centre. They "share" this information (including selling it), sometimes anonymised, sometimes not, not only within the NHS but also with outside organisations such as researchers and pharmaceutical companies. For your convenience the government has changed the law so that the Data Protection Act doesn't allow GPs any say in this and you will automatically be opted in unless you object.
Whether you are happy with this and think it's a great idea, or think it stinks to high heaven, I've met so few people who are aware of it that I think it's worth doing everything possible to let people know what's happening and what they can do about it. Once the data's uploaded you have no control over it, so you need to decide now. -------------------- Regards,
Fredd __________________________________________________________________________
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Fri, 27 Aug 2021 - 23:56
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,079 Joined: 3 Feb 2008 Member No.: 17,078 |
Seems the latest government sheet show has been mothballed with no further "deadlines/launch dates"
QUOTE NHS Digital announced in mid-July that it was abandoning the September deadline, and pausing the scheme, with no new launch date. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/au...illions-opt-out |
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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 - 03:10
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3,306 Joined: 4 Mar 2017 Member No.: 90,659 |
Whoever ponied up the money last year to link hospitals with GPs electronically in Health Information Exchanges isn't going to be best pleased.
TBH I'm not against data sharing across the NHS. It's ridiculous that if you are admitted to A&E with a cardiac arrest, the hospital cannot see your GP has recorded that you do not wish to be resuscitated. However, data security currently is so basic that any universal access would inevitably be abused. |
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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 - 06:56
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,864 Joined: 2 Aug 2016 Member No.: 86,040 |
Whoever ponied up the money last year to link hospitals with GPs electronically in Health Information Exchanges isn't going to be best pleased. TBH I'm not against data sharing across the NHS. It's ridiculous that if you are admitted to A&E with a cardiac arrest, the hospital cannot see your GP has recorded that you do not wish to be resuscitated. However, data security currently is so basic that any universal access would inevitably be abused. I have regular treatment as an inpatient for 3 days every few weeks in London. As a result of the underlying condition I have an assortment of regular clinics to keep an eye on certain things. These are done at 2 other different hospitals. The total lack of access to shared records is difficult for everybody and can also cause certain issues because things can be contra indicated. My consultant ends up duplicating a number of the scans (which is massively inconvenient for various reasons). It seems to be the easiest way for her to get the information needed. |
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Fri, 22 Jul 2022 - 20:32
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Member Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: 21 Nov 2012 Member No.: 58,447 |
The second link in the OP seems to refer to a different kind of member than those that usually post here. Perhaps a Mod might want to delete it?
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