TY - JOUR T1 - Thank you, no JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 640 LP - 640 VL - 56 IS - 529 AU - James Willis Y1 - 2006/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/56/529/640.abstract N2 - My wife and I have letters to prove that we have opted out of the common health record. I mention this because I find very few people realise that they have the choice. But last year we received a routine mailing, in response to what I assume was a national directive. Cleverly disguised as junk mail, which probably accounts for its failure to register with anyone else I've ever met, it included a reply slip which, after a week or two of heart-searching, I completed and sent back.Some time later I got a telephone call from a nice lady at the PCT who obviously thought it was going to be a simple matter to talk me out of my decision. She seemed to have plenty of time, so I explained my long-standing concerns about the confidentiality of computerised medical … ER -