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Ramblin_roses



Joined: 08 Dec 2006
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Location: Lancashire

PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:46 pm    Post subject: Electronic NHS records go ahead Reply with quote

Electronic NHS records go ahead

Ministers are expected to signal the go-ahead for the controversial electronic medical records system.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6184043.stm



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The Big Opt Out
http://www.nhsconfidentiality.org/


COURSES OF ACTION you CAN take :-

1. Use the letter (on the above site) or do your own - hand it to your GP.

2. THREATEN TO DUMP YOUR GP ALTOGETHER

3. (possibly) THREATEN TO `SUE` FOR BREACHING YOUR PRIVACY.

4. KICK UP A FUSS !!!



Actions NOT to take.

1. do nothing.
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Ramblin_roses



Joined: 08 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mass patient opt-out moves to surgeries

Filed under: Campaign News — phil at 6:10 pm on Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Many patients have already opted out since TheBigOptOut.org launched our campaign on the 29th November to get patients to opt out of having their medical information uploaded to the NHS ‘Spine’.

Today TheBigOptOut.org releases an opt-out leaflet that sympathetic GPs can leave in their surgery waiting rooms, so that patients will find it convenient to keep their medical records where they should be – between themselves and their doctor.


Helen Wilkinson, National Coordinator of TheBigOptOut.org, said: “We welcome the advice in E-Health Insider today from the Medical Protection Society, the doctors’ liability insurers, that patients have opt-out rights in respect of the NHS central databases, and that the MPS considers it appropriate for GPs to record patients’ wishes in the way that TheBigOptOut.org has recommended. We also welcome confirmation that the BMA fully supports patients who wish to opt out from the national database.”


Ross Anderson, Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge, said: “A similar problem in Iceland was solved when doctors made it easy for patients to opt out of a proposed national medical database. The database was later changed from opt-out to opt-in, which settled the problems. I hope that a similar solution can be found in the NHS.”


You can download a copy of the opt-out leaflet here, to print and distribute:

MS Word format [188KB file]

Adobe PDF format [71KB file] (download Adobe Acrobat Reader)


http://www.nhsconfidentiality.org/
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Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:06 pm    Post subject: huh? Reply with quote

Why on earth would you want to opt out? What is the benefit to opting out?

You have every right to request that parts of your medical record are witheld from any health provider. By opting out, the only person you are potentially herming is -- you.

Once the project is complete, any doctor in the country will be able to gain access to your medical records in order to treat you. He or she will be able to see quickly your medical history, key medications, conditions etc. The success of the tool will save millions if not billions of pounds in administration alone, money which can be diverted into healthcare.
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