[Gllug] NHS opt out

[Martin A. Brooks]

Christopher Hunter wrote:
>> Do I want a million or so NHS employees to be able to see my medical 
>> details?  Yes.
>>     
>
> Do you want ANYONE to be able to see your medical records, including
> potential employers, insurance companies, Uncle Tom Cobbley and all?
>   

I don't think I could care less.

> There is no proper security at all built into this system, and no
> safeguards to guarantee that the data is accurate.

Sources for these facts?

>   It will be trivial for someone malicious to alter your records to your disadvantage.
>   

There's is a huge huge difference between "seeing" and "altering". 
Where's your source to suggest that all these various evil entities will 
be able to rewrite my medical history?

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