Ib recent guardian an article which says our medical info will be shared with anyone including companies.
The usual idiot trolls on the thread said why not as it helps insurance companies
How thoughtful..
Itt coyld mean pharmaceutical companies of course.
Someone posted a link on the thread which led to a website and documebtvwhich stated that privacy will be maintained and its about improving the quality of care..i think there might ve ab opt out...
However upon further scrutiny i foubd a familiar name appear in connection with organisatin in charge of all this. I am sure it will familiar to you all. It is ATOS..
Yes that's right ATOS have some connection with this lot.in fact ATOS run govt gateway and the IT system to dibwith NHS 24 or direct or whatever its called...Now how confident do you feel about that given that Atos healthcare find really unwell people fit for work when its obvious that they are sick
So what's going on here ?
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Possibly but finding that Atos is connected does not instill confidence in me one bit....we are told many things of which we don't know which is true plus lets face it the minister [Edited by Admin][Politician removed as per guidelines]is hardly a fan of the NHS.
you should soon be getting a leaflet about this we already have ours I just rescued it from recycling.having another quick look through it .it is more or less as alresdy been discused.It does not however mention atos but that does not mean that they are not invoved It does say that if you do not want your information used you can tell your dr who will then make a note on your files that will stop them from being used.Sue
I am not arguing either, all NHS medical records will be held on one database. I am just curious to know where they will store peoples records who object to them being sold to private companies.
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I think that is what is concerning everyone who will have access to our records eg pharmaceuticals and insurance firms ..thats why I posted the stuff about Atos being connected to the organisation in charge of these policies
There has to be a money making aspect to this. Anyone with an illness will see their car insurance premiums going up. And with companies like Atos involved, you can bet your life it will have something to do with making it more difficult to get ESA.
I don't know the level of Atos but they are in charge of most of the IT systems connected to govt departments including universal credit and NHS and if our records agre online then who is going to benefit from it and who will be selling it if Atos will claim its there's ..it's not the first time this came up as they claimed they owned the WCA tests
If Atos own the equipment and are paid to sort out the data when problems arise will they claim the data thats on their system..think about that even if the system has been paid for if Atos are meant to fix problems then ...could they claim they own that data..
Hi i found out about this last year. That companys can buy our medicial records for resurch . You must put it in writting to your gp that you dont want this . not just for ur self but each member of ur family .. you must put name d o b nhs number and ur statment sign it and make sure u hand it to the manger of surgry not the gp its self pls do this a s p dont wait for any forms that come with mail some people have thought it junk mail and throwen it away everyone write your own letter and hand it in u must do one for each member of family . Not all in one letter because each letter goes to they own medcial records and a flag should show on gps screen .
"If an application is approved then firms will have to pay to extract this information, which will be scrubbed of some personal identifiers but not enough to make the information completely anonymous – a process known as "pseudonymisation".
They are including your NHS number, that alone is enough to identify who you are. Atos and car insurance companies are not going to pay good money for access to random medical notes that could belong to anyone. What has car insurance companies and Atos got to do with medical science anyway?
Atos clouding my judgement ? What that nice lovable company that cares for us so much ? Atos seem to be everywhere .Govt gateway NHS direct Universal Credit ..who keeps approving them ? Given their appaling track record ?
I had read about this and I must admit that I am more than a little apprehensive. If they do exactly what they say then it shouldn't matter one single iota. However, back on planet earth whereby reality and our insight into all things untrustworthy, we realise that it never works this way!
I know it takes a bit of getting used to Gins, we have entered an era where privacy is something only the rich and powerful can afford. I think cats and dogs medical records are safe for the moment, a good ruse would be to change your name to Tiddles or Rover.
My local surgery told everyone last Sept or Oct that they were putting all patients medical records on computer, that's all we were told. I thought it was just my local surgery that was doing this for their own convenience. There was no mention of creating a national database or opt out forms.
For more info visit nhs choices at nhs.uk/caredata have copied this from the leaflet. I hope it helps it has a lot more info than the leaflet sue
I will certainly make a point of asking about this the next time I visit my GP, all they done was put a notice up in the surgery saying they were changing their filing system and there might be some delays accessing patients records, they withheld crucial information, no doubt to stop people like me objecting.
I work for the NHS. They attempted to do this a few years ago and it cost millions and never got going. I am not sure if this is going to be local or a national data base. If it is only local I can't see the point
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result of medical for esa....... from support group to wrag with another medical planned for july. at wits end....
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AM PUTTING MY HEAD ABOVE THE PARAPET TO BE SHOT DOWN......
