Ho Hum . Haven’t we heard this previously when the records were first created. Then they said it was the right decision. Like Brown signing up for the EU Treaty/Constitution. He despises the British peoples our culture our identity as he populates these Islands with every type of people that suddenly are no longer salled refugees but immigrants. Her despises us and takes us for idiots and fools. Immediately he signed (what an embarrassing mess he made of it) up to the EU treaty we the sucker British public are due to pay £71billions. Yes £71billions, on top of the £12Billions we now pay annually.
Over 13 yrs the very brave EU Auditors have told us up to 95% of this £12Billions of our money is unaccounted for/missing--- maybe Stolen???. And Brown is happy to pay more and more. No questions asked. Wake up Britain we need to get these deceitful lying nightmares out of power. We need a Cromwell or someone to clean out the parliamentary stables. Far to many vested interests.
Oh that’s why we are now taxed on everything that moves. The Navy, Army and Air force has been decimated, the NHS cant afford Dental and allsorts of medicines just to pay for membership of what has to be one of the most corrupt bodies in the History of the World the EU.
A body that is trying to and is destroying our democracy along with our politicians. Why do they need another 120,000 more laws passed by the EU to govern us??? Does anyone know what these laws say for certainly our EU MEP's don’t know, neither do our MP's,
I know as a Parliamentary candidate I was fortunate enough to meet some of these concerned men and women who are horrified.
They want to get the EU Dictat in that we have ID cards no matter what.
Write or phone or meet with your MP and TELL him not to vote for the EU Treaty in the coming debate. Tell him you will be watching so will your Friends. Our deficit with EU trade is massive. We cant afford the EU. Its destroying out nation.

Jas, Farnborough, UK

No matter what new rules and punishments are thought up by our clever people in government, the same old lawless, drunken oiks are supposed to abide by them. The employees and even the software writers of "systems" within these huge and convoluted government bodies are not capable of the moral and ethical standards required to be in positions of trust.

The genetic degradation within the society in general has fallen so far that you may as well think up new rules of behaviour for sharks and foxes. The end results will be exactly the same. Vanishing fish and dead chickens.

Let's face it: the less power government has, the better. And the less of our information they have which they can lose, steal, or sell to the highest bidder, the better. New rules or new committees discussing the issues around a big table and then making pleasing sounds to the media, before going off and messing everything up again in their old way, are not the answer to anything but their own wages.

iain carstairs, bedford, UK

Who thought it would be clever to have an email address that says "deli.cio.us"?

Is this how anyone really thinks, that embedding fatuous meaningless in some techno acronym would impress everyone? I feel nauseous every time I see it.

iain carstairs, bedford, UK

Using a Microsoft operating system is inherently bad if you want security. Use Unix or Linux or the one the NHS paid to have written a few years ago.

David White, Falmouth, Cornwall

I did, and you made a bollocks of it! Merry Christmas!

John Lee, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire., UK.

As paradoxical as it may seem, this latest mishandling of data is actually an argument FOR the national medical records databse (The Spine).
As a result clinicians having direct access to a patient's basic medical information (e.g. allergies, medication, recent treatment) there will be no need to send discs.
As this information will be patient controlled, there is no worry about your sensitive data being used against your will.
As access will be role based, there is also no worry about the wrong person getting into you information.
At present, medical records in the NHS are too easily accessible, and it is not possible to see who has looked at what.
You or I could stroll into most hospital libraries and start to nose around. With the electronic system, there will be stringent security in place, as well as a visible "audit trail" of information.
We will know who has looked at what and when. Furthermore, it will improve patient care, as your doctor will have instant access.

Balthasaar, Tadley, Hampshire

Contrary to many assertions, a centralised data warehouse accessed via secure networks would solve the problem of data being lost rather than create further potential for loss. It is because data is being sent by post that there is an issue.

Alex Ritchie, Salisbury, UK