At 13:52 23/10/96 +0100, Bill Beeby, GP. wrote:
>The discussions about the cost, ISDN access etc. are all very interesting
>but......
>
>Just what is so secret that it can only be accessed by a closed group?
Especially as the 'closed' group will consist of
(possibly all) NHS employees (~1 million) +
(if you get holistic) all their clients = population of UK
This raises the question of who are the users of the NHSnet/web?
>So, by way of a challenge, can anyone think of anything that would be
>appropriate for this limited and expensive environment, that could not
>(with perhaps a little care about content) be put on any publicly
>accessible pages? Good sensible reasons only - we all know that our local
>trusts don't want the "real" waiting times published - even if they could
>produce them.
By Gad sir! how dare you make such a slur. :-)
If we can't produce the "real" waiting times how do we know that the ones we
do publish are false (something about falsifiable theories here).
If you don't trust your supplier to monitor the quality of service then
D-I-Y! (Do GPs share info on waiting times at local Trusts?)
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