NHS Database Opt Out

[Westyfield2]

I've just been emailed http://www.thebigoptout.com/?page_id=3 and http://www.neilb.demon.co.uk/ and the person who sent it was ZOMG YOU SHOULD OPT OUT OF DATABASES!!!111.

So, great OcUK, should I be opting out? Or should I be replying to the person with 'WTF You Hippy'.

This is the first I've heard of it, so I'm right now being ... surely my records being centralized is a good thing?

 

[Westyfield2]

Hang on.... isn't this a database so that my medical records are accessible in another hospital away from home that I've been admitted to after a car crash or whatever? How else are they going to know that I'm allergic to Penicillin, and am currently on <list> prescriptions!?

It surely can only be a good thing! Why on earth would you want to opt out?

I think a WTF you hippy email is in order...