Comments on: The Privacy Rights of Professionals http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/07/25/the-privacy-rights-of-professionals/ What's going to go wrong in our e-enabled world? Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: William Heath http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/07/25/the-privacy-rights-of-professionals/#comment-787 William Heath Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:04:52 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/07/25/the-privacy-rights-of-professionals/#comment-787 I think for the "directory" type information - opening hours, qualifications, address, any official complaints etc the official government-controlled Healthy Choices site is fine. But all soft patient-contributed data should go to an independent site with clear governance arrangements and transparency, and the patients' interests clerly at heart. Happily this exists already: http://www.patientopinion.org.uk/ I think for the “directory” type information - opening hours, qualifications, address, any official complaints etc the official government-controlled Healthy Choices site is fine. But all soft patient-contributed data should go to an independent site with clear governance arrangements and transparency, and the patients’ interests clerly at heart. Happily this exists already: http://www.patientopinion.org.uk/

]]> By: wendyg http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/07/25/the-privacy-rights-of-professionals/#comment-738 wendyg Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:11:52 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/07/25/the-privacy-rights-of-professionals/#comment-738 Are these meant to be bad effects? British doctors have long been notorious for arrogant, distant attitudes, and it can be very difficult to tell what you're getting into when you sign up with a practice in a new area. Doesn't everyone want to sign up with the best doctors? Isn't that a natural, human instinct? wg Are these meant to be bad effects? British doctors have long been notorious for arrogant, distant attitudes, and it can be very difficult to tell what you’re getting into when you sign up with a practice in a new area. Doesn’t everyone want to sign up with the best doctors? Isn’t that a natural, human instinct?

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