[Margaret Pilkington]

As far as I am aware the computers at the GP's practice are not 'live'......they aren't connected up to external systems...other than the intranet(not the internet)......this means that the practice can access information about blood tests from the hospital data base.....or organise appointments through their own intranet, but I don't think they are at present at the same kind of risk they would be at if the whole thing went live(meaning that any hospital in England could access the data).
This data must be going on the internet as you will be able to access and look at your own records.
I am ready to be corrected if anyone knows any different.

It just worries me that information does get lost on the systems of huge organisations.......and I don't mean lost in the sense that it cannot be found.....I mean lost in the sense that it is not secure. Heck, I'm not even sure that I am making sense.......but I know what i mean.