NHS patient confidentiality
I was at my local GP Dr today as I often am and like many times before I saw the signs telling which patients to go to which Dr's consultation room, so there is all this PC BS these days about patient confidentiality and data protection etc etc etc and the sign lights up saying can Miss Goodbody go to Dr XXX in room XX. So everyone knows the lady's full real name and which Dr she's seeing, even if it's a specialist mental health, vuneral disease etc. I tried taking a picture of this to prove my point and I was swiftlytaken to a privagte room and reprimanded for breaching confidentiality, I pointed out that they were doing just that themselves and could just allocate patients a number instead of Miss XXX she could be patient 45 for the day. As a result of this trip I now know the full names of people I only used to know by site and a casual head nod.
If I really wanted to take a personal picture I would have the brains to be discreet.
Finally there are no signs saying no cameras etc, so what rule was I breaking? They are under a legal ⚖ requirement to protect patients personal information ℹ, not me!
I have deliberatly redacted these pictures, I have no problem with the surgery patients, its the NHS BS that bothers me
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