kennym Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 I've been on holiday for a few weeks so forgive me if this has been done, i've just copied this of another site i go on, I think it may be even more important to us gun owners 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). 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. •The NHS is sending out an extraordinarily thin "fact" sheet titled "Better information means better care": http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/records/healthrecords/Documents/NHS_Door_drop_26-11-13.pdf - not to you individually, but in amongst the Royal Mail junk mail leaflets, which you may just have thrown away. It doesn't include any opt-out form. •For an alternative, far more comprehensive, and sceptical, view of this, a Hampshire GP has set up a simple website: http://care-data.info/ Unlike the NHS information, it includes an opt-out form. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Done my opt out form ,dont need any more automated /cold calls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Already done it. Wrote my own letter to my GP's practise. But now I've seen that "Dissent from secondary use" form on the link I've printed that off as well and I'm going to hand that in too just to be on the safe side. Good links there KennyM. this is the info people need. The HSCIC helpline is useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerSim Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thanks for the info.... in progress.... I wonder how much the data is actually worth ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safc1973 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thanks KennyM, shall fill out the opt-out form from the link. Surely providing this info to anyone this contravenes a doctors hippocratic oath - "All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal. " Or dont they bother with this anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 or just call into your docs surgery for a form,i did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBeaky Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 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. I'm in the "stinks to high heaven" camp. Note that even if you have previously opted out of the Summary Care Record with the 93c3 code, you have to opt out again from this farrago with the 9Nu0 and 9Nu4 codes - just ask your GP to add these read codes to your record to stop the uploads of confidential and non-identifiable records respectively. Letter printed, filled in and waiting to be posted through the surgery door tomorrow morning. And thanks to kennym for the heads-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88b Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thanks for that , give me something to do after shooting tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBeaky Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thanks KennyM, shall fill out the opt-out form from the link. Surely providing this info to anyone this contravenes a doctors hippocratic oath - "All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal. " Or dont they bother with this anymore? The 2012 Act concerned makes it illegal for GPs to object to the upload! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safc1973 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Its now being delayed according to this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26239532 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyxologos Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Yes. done it mid January... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDCREST Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 We've opted out.............Anything of this nature, foisted upon us in this way stinks to high heaven.... But It still wouldn't surprise me if the ******* opt everyone in regardless though......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Thanks for the heads up, will get onto this soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 YOu know how they want medical redccords tagged for "Firearms" ownership, how do we know these "tags" wont be part of the "sharing"? Doe sit apply to wales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Apparently, names and telephone numbers won't be uploaded. Can't see the problem. LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchy trigger Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 thank's for the heads up, done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Apparently, names and telephone numbers won't be uploaded. Can't see the problem. LS I'm not so sure about the names and telephone numbers being witheld/not uploaded. Very shortly (Less than a couple of weeks) after my "medical problems" became apparent I received a letter from a company called Sinexus in Chorley who were inviting me to take part in one of their "medical research programs" and they seemed to know more about my medical history than I would have wanted them to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBeaky Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Apparently, names and telephone numbers won't be uploaded. Can't see the problem. LS Gender, age and postcode is uploaded. With that and a copy of the electoral roll, which is easy to get hold of, even the unedited version, you're identified, matey. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Done my opt out form ,dont need any more automated /cold calls Same .... Same They don't anything without a reason ...... and benefits them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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