<nettime> 'The Spine' - data insecurity and the NHS

[Josephine Berry Slater <josie {AT} metamute.net>]

M | U | T | E | __ rrrrrread it!

______________________________________________05 December 07 _


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The Spine

By Damian Abbott

As HM Revenue & Customs loses 25 million confidential records in the
post, the programme to introduce a centralised NHS database slouches on,
only delayed by a classically wasteful PFI project. Total data
transparency may be good for corporations and security obsessed
governments, but what does it mean for the recipients of 'joined-up
care'?, asks Damian Abbott

http://www.metamute.org/en/The-Spine

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