Atos…yes, the French firm Atos have been awarded the very important contract to extract patient data!
A company who is responsible for the deaths of disabled people due to their disgraceful handling of ‘fit to work’ tests has been given even more responsibilities…I still can’t believe it, is it April 1st already?!
I won’t elaborate further than The Independent’s article, there’s no need…
If ever there was a good time to opt out of this disgraceful mess, it’s now!
Here’s the link to the opt out form, just fill it in for each member of your household and drop it in to the reception desk at your GP surgery. They will probably sell off our data anyway, but opting out is taking a stand and it’s always worth a try to protect our rights.
http://medconfidential.org/how-to-opt-out
NHS hospital data HAS been sold to insurance companies so they can raise their premiums for high risk patients. This is something that is apparently illegal and medical data should only be used for the purposes of research to better our lives. Hiking up insurance premiums certainly isn’t to better our lives!
From Echo Britain
Posted by lizseville on March 7, 2014 at 8:25 am
Thank you. I will do this.
Posted by knittedfog on March 7, 2014 at 12:03 pm
Great! Let’s start movement.