BBC medical records story

[Ben Clifford]

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On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Peter Fairbrother wrote:

> Im ny experience they aren't. My doctor looks after my records (and
> occasionally loses bits of them) - however, the NHS bureacracy has
> consistently lost all my earlier records, every single one.
>
> I've never managed to get a set of records transferred when I have changed
> doctors

Transfer of records is one thing I really wish I could do manually.
Something like:

 1. Enter surgery A.
 2. Take physical possession of folder
 3. Move house.
 4. Deposit folder in surgery B.

Could also insert a surreptitious 2a or 3b: photocopy folder contents, so
that if Surgery B loses my records, I can do a replay attack and re-insert
my records into their system.

> Last time the nurse spent half an hour with me filling in a medical
> history questionnaire.

Ah, so they *already* use the "patient carries own records" method.

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