On 03/04/98 09:33:19, Sam Macfie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I note in "GP" mag this week that a HA Chief Executive is quoted as
>saying that we as GPs are at risk of clinical and legal redress if we
>are struck by the dreaded millenium bug and cannot provide continuing
>access to all patient records.
This is total and utter 'boleaux'.
See Graham Ross' web site for legal arguments concerning this issue.
I'd rather take the advice of a lawyer than a HA CEO.
Ahmad
'The Future is stuck in the Past'
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