I'm up to series 5 of The X-files on DVD :-))
A local GP colleague of mine has long proposed compulsory insertion of a chip at
birth... Should we laud him for being far thinking, or report him to the GMC?
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Laurie Miles
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Saul Galloway
> Sent: 23 February 2007 12:30 pm
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [GP-UK] Health eCard - more info
>
> Haha! Maybe we need a national ID card then because some people don't have
> passports or driving licences. Maybe the ID card could have a chip in it
> which you would put into the card reader in your car thereby providing a
> means of catching those evading Road Tax and insurance and those banned from
> driving. A citizen with nothing to hide could not possibly object to this.
>
> There is no reason technically that the pay as you drive system in cars
> should not work with the driver identification scheme to provide a
> convenient satellite tracking scheme which would completely wipe out vehicle
> theft at a stroke.
>
> Of course because people are always forgetting their ID cards it would be
> more convenient for most people to have their chip put in subcutaneously say
> as an RFID chip. This would also be handy at the Tescos checkout because you
> could just run your hand across the scanner instead of having to carry a
> loyalty card. Good for counter terrorism as well if someone starts buying
> large amounts of fertiliser at B&Q but lives at a post code where we know
> they haven't got a garden!
>
> I'm all for it, only a Luddite (or possibly a criminal) could possibly
> object!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dr Laurie Miles
> > Sent: 23 February 2007 11:01
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Health eCard - more info
> >
> > The literature recommends that you confirm the patient's ID with a photo-
> > ID such
> > as a passport or driving licence.
> > Once the data is on the eCard, it requires a password to access it.
>
>
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