CfH gives ground?
It appears that the Information Commissioner has weighed in on the opt-in / opt-out debate with a reversal of his previous comments.
“NHS Connecting for Health has confirmed that people living in areas introducing Summary Care Records will be contacted before any of their medical records are uploaded on to the NHS Care Record Service,” the ICO report says. “They will be given information about their options to limit the future scope of the information on the Summary Care Record or the option not to have one at all and they will also be given the opportunity to make arrangements to view their information before it is uploaded. They will have a specified period before their information is uploaded to consider their options.”