Re: A note on "anonymous" data
BUT unless cabinet members and PM's Go to Jail for VERY long periods this will be a cut price outsourced sold to the lowest bidder affair and will leak like a sieve.
Consultants i have seen in the last 5 years in hospitals across the country have not seen what i have many times. 2 surgeons who have both been practising for 20 years have only done 20 of the operation i had in their whole careers. so how anonymous can you make me when you add in age, ethnicity, etc etc.
I am all for a paperless NHS with centralised medical records (funding was announced for this AGAIN at the weekend) as notes dont follow you and there are gaps left in medical history. BUT the data MUST be only for the use of Medical personnel ONLY involved in the treatment of that patient. UNLESS there is OPT IN Informed Consent given.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
