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Post by jal on Feb 6, 2014 23:11:20 GMT
Has any of our members read or know anything about this.
Subject: NHS
The NHS is about to sell your private medical information to major corporations — unless we stop it first.
Tell the NHS to respect our privacy and stop plans to let insurance and drug companies buy our information.
Grenville,
Your medical records are about to be sold to the highest bidder.
Starting this year, private companies will be able to buy information on us from the NHS’s new universal patient database -- including everything from mental health conditions, sexually transmitted infections and diseases like cancer -- all linked to your postcode, gender and ethnicity.
We’ve all been opted into the scheme by the government without our knowledge. And the clock is ticking -- the government has said they will upload our data in a matter of just a few weeks. If we’re going to stop this, we have to act now.
Tell Jeremy Hunt and the Department of Health not to sell our medical records.
It doesn’t really get more personal than what you discuss with your doctor. They know the most personal things about us -- like whether we’ve ever been depressed, had an embarrassing infection or struggled with drug & alcohol problems.
The government claims that individuals won’t be able to be identified. However, many experts have warned that under the current plans, we could easily be singled out through simple cross-referencing of other databases -- especially if you have a rare or unusual condition. Imagine your employer finding that you might have had an abortion when you were a teenager. Or your insurance company finding out you are HIV positive. The consequences for us as individuals could be huge.
We know that when we act together, we can bring about real change. When we fought to get High Street names like River Island and Edinburgh Woollen Mill to sign up to protect Bangladeshi factory workers, we won! Now we need to step up to defend something precious -- our right to privacy.
Tell Jeremy Hunt to stop the sale of our personalised patient data to big corporations.
Thanks for all that you do,
Martin, Hanna and the rest of us.
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More Information:
NHS patient data to be made available to drug and insurance firms, The Guardian, 19 January 2014.
Price list for access to medical data, Health & Social Care Information Centre, January 2014
SumOfUs is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.
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Post by Geoff on Feb 7, 2014 6:18:49 GMT
Nope not heard about that
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Post by Bob on Feb 7, 2014 8:46:56 GMT
Could be scaremongering. Couldn't see anything Here |
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Post by Bob on Feb 7, 2014 8:51:01 GMT
Just found something Here |
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Post by Ratae on Feb 7, 2014 10:05:18 GMT
I recall that when I took out my annuity, I was asked by the pension company to give them signed permission to ask my doctor for my medical records. This I did. I was given an 'enhanced' annuity because of this. Apparently I ain't expected to get a congratulatory letter from the reigning monarch! Pffffftt.....Wadda they know, I'll show 'em!  Ratae the indestructible.  |
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Post by jal on Feb 7, 2014 15:04:46 GMT
It doesn't sound good Bob
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Post by nob on Feb 7, 2014 20:22:13 GMT
You have to declare medical conditions to insurance companies anyway. They do try to not pay out.  |
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