NHS IT Privacy
I have a funny feeling of déjà vu…
A new NHS computer database may threaten the privacy of patients’ medical records, the BBC has learned.
A senior Department of Health civil servant said people would not be able to decide what details were stored.
Critics said this went against earlier government assurances that patients would be able to veto the information.
The DoH said people could still discuss with their doctor what details were recorded and control who could access them - except in an emergency.
[...] Phil Walker, the DoH’s head of digital information policy, made the privacy claims in an e-mail to a Warwickshire GP, Dr Paul Thornton.
[...] The British Medical Association said this appeared to contradict earlier ministerial assurances that patients will be able to withhold sensitive information from the database.
From: BBC News
