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[Dr Adrian Midgley (In the office)]

James Cox wrote:

>  Parents 
> typically get carte blanche to decide what treatments their kid has 

No.

> I'm a little disturbed that the NHS would be insistent to talk to your 
> wife about the procedure you had (though i think i am more perturbed you 
> wouldn't wish to share it yourself!) 

> But yes- there are areas of unsuitable grey here. But by ensuring 
> everyone follows an applicable code of ethics, the data should be 
> protectable. 

The case in point was not a problem with ethics.

> Interestingly, this all has presented significant 
> challenges to the patient care record system implementors- i don't 
> believe they found a reasonable solution for managing such access in a 
> safe way.


You are correct.  The sealed envelope, whcih does not AFAIK exist, is 
not such a solution.

GPs OTOH are quite good at it, as are their staff in general.