Data Sharing Review

[Ian Batten]

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> Once patients got used to putting thier finger into a reader (for
> instance) prior to consultations with GPs, pharmacists, nursing staff,
> SHOs (or whatever they are called these days) in hospital then it
> would become routine very quickly.

Yes, because clearly getting people used to using a biometric  
identifier every time they contact the state is a desirable outcome.   
I presume you support using fingerprints for school meals, on similar  
(``it would become routine very quickly'') grounds?

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> It would also give them reassurance that they had control over their
> information which is something that nobody has any assurance of at
> present.

How?  Just because I need to use my fingerprint to access a system  
tells me nothing about who else has access to it.  It just provides a  
false sense of security.  It's like those fingerprint reader laptops:  
all I need to do is open the drive bay with the handy plastic lugs,  
remove the hard drive with the handy pull-off connector (SATA, now, so  
fewer pins to bend) and I've got all the data.

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> PKI with some sort of key escrow accessible by specific medics (senior
> A&E docs) would enable this to happen

Except the senior A&E docs would delegate their authority to junior  
staff, who would delegate it to the receptionists.

ian