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Yup. Heard about that t'other day and meant to post a linky here but distractions distracted. As ever. At the risk of sounding like I've become a Heil reader or summat, it's a bloody disgrace. Soooooooooo much potential for fukkery letting insurance companies (and just about anybody else who asks it seems) have access to everybody's medical records. They definitely won't do things they shouldn't do with that info. It'll all be used for entirely legit purposes at all times by all companies. Probably.

You can opt-out apparently. Dunno if you actually get opted-out properly but was meaning to do so (or see how to do so at least) next week. Just have to ask your GP according to whatever that thing I read/saw was. If it really is as simple as that and, more to the point, your details genuinely aren't sold on to people, I'll be both chuffed and surprised. Still shouldn't have to go out of my way to ask the government not to sell my private medical files to whoever wants 'em for whatever purpose they want 'em for though :\
 
Mm, ta for the reminder.. I need to get around to opting out at some point. That website ^ has forms for doing it
 
u do not ave to give yer med file if you don't want 2

n tbh i requested mine once n tere was fuk all in it no ods of the 4 i have been hospitalised4 none of my special treatment - getting kicked out of surgerys just a load of mental health stuff n me leg tings

i am in a reverse btw i want it 2 all be there
 
I saw about this on the news the other day. They were saying how insurance companies could use the information which I think is wrong.
I'm not so worried about it being used to help medical research etc but its also more stripping away of our privacy.
 
The problem with this is, now that its an option insurance companies, employers, credit card, mortgage lenders etc may all want access. If you have simply blocked access or not make available then they could with hold their services.

No win situation really.
 
I'm asking for my medical records not to be included cos I don't believe any commercial use of such sensitive information is acceptable without asking the permission of the person about whom said records realates to. From what I've heard, the controls over who will be able to access this information is virtually non-existent - the claims are all about how much it'll help with medical research but it's very clearly for commercial purposes. Government gets a few quid (they better at least have the decency to invest those quids in the NHS but I've not heard anything about it being specifically for that and very much doubt it will be) and insurers and employers and political parties and creditors and just about any other organisation who wishes they could have the medical info relating to every single person in the country can do whatever they like with it. It's not even anonymous. Not really anyway. They leave your name off apparently but not other indentifiable information so it is more or less literally just selling off all our medical notes to the highest bidder... and the lowest bidder... all the bidders in fact. Bad Thing.

brimz said:
i am in a reverse btw i want it 2 all be there
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Why do you want your medical info to be bought and sold for commercial purposes without asking your permission? We don't get a cut of the profits, unfortunately. We will be screwed out of any number of sevices though :\
 
This change is not about sharing medical info with the DWP though - at least we wouldn't have to fill in so many forms if it did but it don't and we're still gonna have to fill in just as many forms and go to just as many medicals and get just as many doctor's letters and stuff. This is just the government selling access to everybody's medical records to anybody that wants access to them - very different thing.
 
My medical records strangely went missing when I turned 18 and tried to take legal action against the NHS for me being disabled.

Funny how they couldn't find them ever again when I got a solicitor involved....fucking cunts. I should be filthy rich now on compensation; living in a mansion snorting kg lines of coke first thing in the morning just to get me out of bed!!!!
 
Timely bump reminds me that I did go down to the doc's yesterday to ask for my details to not be used for this medical records bizniz. The receptionist didn't quite know what to say so she got the practice manager out to speak to me. Not entirely sure what to make of what she said though. She was very nice, friendly and reassuring but also seemed just a wee bit slippery on the details - lotsa question dodging and the like. She didn't refuse to answer or owt but she kept it all very vague and basically said it was all media hype and the change simply means that GPs will be able to share records with consultants without the patient having to sign a form or owt. I did try to press her a bit about who else could potentially have access under this new system but she was very vague on that and mostly just said that she couldn't tell me because nobody had asked to see any medical records yet.

The general impression I got was that she meant well but was a bit concerned that if she said too much it might cause concern amongst patients so would rather just not say anything about it and make suitably symapthetic noises for those like myself who enquire about it. In the end she asked me to write a note to put on my records and she'd add it. She was very cagey about how this note should be worded and wouldn't really answer questions about it - just said that it should be in my own words cos she didn't want to put words in my mouth. Which is fair enough but it did feel like she knew that unless you worded it just right it wouldn't make any difference to the end result. I just went with something like "I don't want my medical records to be shared with third parties" and she said I could go back anytime and change it if I wanted.
 
It's not just the information you give them, it's all the stuff they say about you too. Unless you've asked to see your medical records and actually read them you don't really know what they have said about you.

I've seen mine but not read 'em. At the top of the first page in big bold capitals it said CHRONIC CHAOTIC POLYDRUG ADDICT. Would you want your employer or insurance company seeing something like that?
 
I'm too nervous to tell my University of my medical conditions, even when I can get financial help of some description based on it, so "CHRONIC CHAOTIC POLYDRUG ADDICT" terrifies me.
If you can't even go to your GP for help when in serious need without every fucker and his dog being able to access it then it's a sad, sad day.
 
You can (in theory) but you have to opt-out cos the entire country is automatically opted-in. It's arse backwards but they know damn well nobody is gonna sign up to have such sensitive info given over to commercial interests. Go to your GP and ask to have your records excluded or try that linky in the OP if you don't want yours to be included.
 
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