[Med-privacy] Patient and doctor revolt in the UK

Ross Anderson Ross.Anderson@cl.cam.ac.uk
Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:54:14 +0000


See today's Guardian:

   http://society.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,,1953212,00.html

   http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2006/11/01/opting-out-of-the-nhs-database/

This is gathering momentum nicely. Also, there will be a report released
tomorrow on www.fipr.org about how UK government plans to link up data 
on children - so that your kid's schoolteacher may have access not just 
your kid's school records, but also to medical, social work and probation
records - will place kids at risk, harm services and break the law

Ross