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Re: British Health Service secretly grabs patient data

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On 2014-02-18 00:53:30 +0000, tdk said:

> British doctors are calling on the government to let patients know of 
> their right to opt out of the planned national data base.
> 
> NHS England plans to share data from GP medical records with other 
> health services, researchers and even private companies.
> 
> Patients can opt out of the controversial "care.data" scheme, but 45 
> per cent are unaware of the plan, according to a poll by ICM Research 
> for BBC Radio 4’s PM programme.
> 
> The British Medical Associations GPs committee chairman Chaand Nagpaul 
> demanded the government inform patients and "produce evidence this has 
> been achieved prior to uploads taking place".
> 
> source:"http://bma.org.uk/news-views-analysis/news/2014/february/call-to-boost-public-awareness-of-data-sharing" 
> 

This is pretty old news in the UK - the classic Duncan Campbell BBC 
series "Secret Society" ran an entire episode on the dangers and abuses 
of centralized databases.  It's a good series, well worth a watch.  It 
was produced in 1987 and many of the predictions it makes, and problems 
it points out, have come true.

Watch the whole series 
here:"magnet:?xt=urn:btih:5d36be43e07fe880a3c4ee7efa881248820a7729&dn=secret+society+suppressed+bbc+series+duncan+campbell+1987&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337" 
(strip " from each side of this magnet link).

Or if you prefer the Youtube, the relevant episode from the series can 
be watched here:  ("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDS3VtzC-yk").

His show led to a major political scandal in the UK, and the series 
itself was suppressed by an official order 
("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zircon_affair").  This is no run of the 
mill jibber jabber Alex Jones type series - it is a serious piece of 
investigative journalism.

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British Health Service secretly grabs patient data "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-18 13:53 +1353
  Re: British Health Service secretly grabs patient data Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-18 16:53 -0800
  Re: British Health Service secretly grabs patient data Symbiote <usenet@symbiote.eu> - 2014-02-19 11:29 +0000
    Re: British Health Service secretly grabs patient data Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-02-24 12:54 +0000
  Re: British Health Service secretly grabs patient data Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-24 13:41 +0000
    Re: British Health Service secretly grabs patient data "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-24 08:25 +0000
  Re: British Health Service secretly grabs patient data Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-02-24 12:23 -0300

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