Got a letter this morning - in confidence - telling me that I'd been selected for Biobank. They'd got my details - in confidence - from NHS database, so all information is secure. Seems they want me to take part in a survey - in confidence - so that others will not be ill like I am, have been or might be. All results will be treated in confidence, and after my initial 2 hour interview my medical history will be monitored - in confidence - by access to my GP records.
Anyone know what this is all about.
They seem so damned keen on telling me that everything is in confidence and controlled by the Data Protection legislation that I'm beginning to smell a rat.
Anything this government does that involves databases leaks like a sieve, and as it's the NHS I wonder just what vast resources are being wasted to keep an office block of penpushers in a job.
Is this a worthwile exercise to go through? I don't mindgiving a bit of my time to help research or prevent future illnesses, but I'm left with the feeling that this is just creating more jobs for the burgeoning state sector. Any clues from anywhere what this is all about?
