At 07:12 06/04/04, you wrote:
> From the Register
>
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/02/blair_puts_compulsory_id_card/
>
>I'm still wondering how most of my patients could prove their identity..
>;-<
>
>MaryH
In answer to the title - Yes. Although they're a mixed blessing they are
far less of a civil liberties intrusion than the cameras, number plate
recognition, and email scanning that already occurs. They are also far
less of a threat than the threats to medical confidentiality.
Julian
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