http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/EHI/9669/gps-practices-can-opt-out-of-care.data
Interesting.
Monaghan said GP practices can in theory take an "opt out by default" stance
for its patients, provided they have a justifiable explanation, communicate
their position clearly and allow patients to opt in if they choose.
"Technically they could, technically there's nothing in the DPA to stop them
doing that...a GP could argue that there is not enough time to make it clear
to patients, so they didn't do it."
However, she said that did not take into consideration how NHS England and
the HSCIC may deal with practices who take that approach.
That would seem to be one of the unanswered questions...
Mary Hawking
Will I be seeing you at the PHCSG Confernce on 9-10th October?
http://phcsg.org/agm-2014/
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