Re: Medical data base
I am all in favour of this. I got the leaflet through my door last week and if it saves running about between my doctor, Blackburn Royal and Wythenshawe Hospital simply to give them information then it gets a thumbs up from me.
Anyone out there who is thoroughly interested in what medicines I happen to be taking at any one time can just ask me if they really want to know but I'd suggest they get out more. Anyone else who thinks that using my contact details off a leaked NHS database will persuade me to buy their pharmaceuticals is also severely deluded.
With all systems, be they computerised or not, there is the possibility of human error and records falling into the wrong hands but I'm quite happy to take the risk if it saves me taking half a day off simply to run around telling the various medical establishments what the click of a mouse could do just as well.
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