Data Rape of 50 million people

The Guardian has finally picked up on what doctors have been talking about for some time. The government is hell bent on shoving the confidential medical history of 50 million people onto a 1982 48k Sinclair ZX Spectrum in a one bedroom flat somewhere in Islington.

This highly confidential information will only be available to a select few people who work for the NHS. So, that's around 1.3 million potential hackers with physical access to the spine, and 250,000 with password access of one type or another.

The only defence against your HIV scare from your shagfest with the transexual prostitute living upstairs from your half-brother being centerfolded in the News of The World is the fact that due to the incompetent implementation of all things computer by the government, the entire system will probably by down 98% of the time.

I'm not sure what is more worrying - the fact that the entire clinical records of really sick people will be off line because of the wrong types of leaves on the broadband connection, or the fact that the government will be able to dig for medical dirt on political opponents without having to pick a single surgery lock.

And ignoring domestic and european law, the government is making participation mandatory. You won't be able to refuse! The GP's wont be able to stop them either, because the clinical systems will upload the data automatically.

What the fuck? Did Tony just declare martial law? Did I miss the tanks in Parliament Square? Because I thought we lived in a fucking democracy.

Dr Rant has been trying very, very, fucking hard to think of a reason to have a national database of clinical records. Thinks. Thinks hard. Thinks a long fucking hard time. Nope. Can't think of a single bloody reason.

Wait! Perhaps if you were allegic to penicillin and had been robbed of all of your clothes and forms of ID including your medic-alert bracelet and were unconscious so could not tell ambulance staff. But wait? If you can't tell them you are allergic to penicillin, then how can you tell them who you are? And without your date of birth, how can they look you up in the database.

So no, there is no sodding reason to spend £20 billion on this sytem.

Tony Blair says 'If I get run over in Birmingham, then the paramedics will be able to access my records'. Tony, you're not going to get run over in Birmingham because I don't live in Birmingham. But when I do catch up with the fucker, the national database won't help him because undertakers aren't being issued with NHS smart cards (yet!).

This government are increasingly looking like corrupt, evil, fuckfaced, cunty-lying, wankbucket, animalshagging bastards who deserve to be lined up against a wall and shot. And preferably tortured first.