CAP consultation and extension of access to PDS

[Mary Hawking]

PDS - the Personal Demographic Service - is the database held by CfH for 
the NHS where all the population of England have their NHS numbers and 
demographics recorded and accessible.
To access PDS you need to have a smartcard and be operating in a role 
needing access - to the whole population of England registered with a 
GP.
This consultation on the Common Assessment Framework
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_093438
(which closes on 17th April) plans to use the NHS Number as the unique 
identifier for care plans which spread across Health and Social Services 
and for that will need many people outside the NHS to have access to 
PDS.
Does anyone else feel this is a security and privacy issue?

Mary Hawking

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Mary Hawking