First test launched of NHS's controversial 'Spine' database Guardian report
Extract:
"The government's plan to put the medical records of every NHS patient in England on a central electronic database will begin first trials tomorrow at two carefully selected GP practices in the north-west.
About 14,500 patients in Bolton will be told their confidential medical details will be uploaded to a national data warehouse known as the Spine, unless they object.
Their reaction will be the first test of whether patients accept the government's argument that a national electronic record can save lives - or agree with campaigners for personal privacy who see the scheme as a lurch towards a Big Brother state."
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Trials of NHS medical records central electronic database - Bolton
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