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16:46:14 on Fri, 22 Jul 2005, John Hughes <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>I don't see how there is any way round the problem of disclosing one's name
>in reception areas in order to get you in to the right room to see the right
>doctor or dentist at the right time ...... short of telepathy.
Very easy. When you check in (discretely) with the receptionist they
give you a number on a piece of card. The first person in the morning
gets number 1, the second number 2, etc.
When it's your turn [1] to see the doctor they can call (or display on
the screen) the number. You leave the bit of card with the doctor, and
they get reused the next day.
And in other news: My local Co-op supermarket has tills with little
screens by the packing area which show the item and price as they are
being scanned. If you have given them a Co-op Dividend Card, it also
shows your name. Surely a DP infringement?
[1] At the GP's surgery where I saw this working, they called you in
numerical order, not in the order of the actual appointments. So if you
arrived early you might well be seen early. And if you were a bit late
you were seen a bit late, and not turned away - as I've seen happen at
some other GPs'.
--
Roland Perry
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