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Originally Posted by SolomonQ  patient details are kept under data protection laws and under strict confidentiality, I would be suspicius of any patient who asked me to not keep their medication details on record,
end of the day, its only for the benefit of the patient, e.g. helps spot GP mistakes and stock keeping of uncommon items.
bout GP surgerys, well i bet they boot ur ass off their books if you asked em that, because their whole prescrition procedure is based on printing from computers, and if the patient isnt on their then the GP would have to unneccessarily hand write the prescription (in which case the pharmacist wudnt be able to enter the records in the pharmacy computer anyway coz s/he cant read wat the doctor wrote. lol :P) increasing their workload, and GPs dont like (extra) work. |
It's not to do with the storage of data on GP surgery computers or those in the Pharmacy. The care records system is a new "national medical records" database they are bringing in at the moment. Obviously EPS doesn't run on it by the sound of things. There is very high opposition because unless you send a written opt-out to your GP then you get put on the database. Ironically the GP is gagged from advising their patients about the system; yet he remains the "data controller" responsible for the security of your records on a system he only has remote user access to.
I have no qualms for my DPA registered Pharmacy to keep "in-house" records on my dispensing history, repeat meds and contact details etc. A national database full of Security holes and 1000's of "authorised users" with precious little auditing is a big no-no. Therefore I opted out so my records stay locally with the GP etc.
See: thebigoptout.org for more information.
mr_colt.