Sexual preference? Are you sure? I don't believe that. Gender, probably;
marital status, possibly, but I didn't think they asked for sexual
orientation, not least because the latter's not as readily verifiable as the
former. Mind you, MTAS isn't exactly a leading light when it comes to
compiling verifiable information.
I could be wrong, however, but I'd be very surprised. Any juniors on the
list who've had first-hand experience of MTAS applications care to comment?
AF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Montague" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 1:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: Notes and their ownership: Grumpy old man
> Jel,
>
> I was prompted by the MTAS debacle last week in which
> applicants personal details including address, DOB and
> sexual preference (why for God's sake do they ask
> that?) were made available to the whole world. (See
> The Times, Wednesday last and Doctors Net: forum >
> Politics and Committees > MMC).
>
> Also, Our local paper tells us an NHS trust a long way
> from here kept its payroll and HR data in such a form
> that when it was burgled last week, the media
> containing this data was taken and is now in the hands
> of persons of doubtful propriety! Lovely!
>
> Its just too easy to make mistakes with databases.
>
> Alan
>
>
> --- Jel Coward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 07:14:27 -0700
>> From: Jel Coward <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Notes and their ownership: Grumpy
>> old man
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Alan Montague wrote:
>> > Anyway, soon the patients' secrets will all be on
>> the
>> > national computer database and we have had a
>> recent
>> > spectacular display of how insecure NHS computers
>> can
>> > be.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Alan
>>
>> Can you point me to that example please? I missed
>> the story.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> jel
>>
>
>
>
>
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