[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by JCB

This is a piece from a BBC News website about the Hippocratic Oath :--

" Confidentiality
The penultimate section deals with confidentiality and reads: "And about whatever I may see or hear in treatment, or even without treatment, in the life of human beings, I will remain silent, holding such things to be unutterable."
As today, patients in ancient times shared deeply personal information with doctors on the assumption that their details would not be revealed to others."


I think it says it all .

Thats just what passes between doctor & patient, nowt to do with medical records, all the details in your records are available to view from the file clerk, to the top boss, and now they are being computerised, available to any hacker. Records have been found in skips, on discs, and on lost laptops. Lots of opportunities for selfish greedy buggars willing to risk it for a few quid.