I spy
Lincolnshire County Council are playing their own game of I-spy. But it’s no fun.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/17/childrens_data/page2.html
They’re sending parents a four-page questionnaire asking them to reveal intimate details about their children.
It’s part of something called the School Entry Wellbeing Review. This is being piloted in Lincolnshire before being rolled out over the rest of England and Wales.
Ticked off
There’s no mention of parents’ right to opt out.
And the one box parents should tick – the one that says ‘None of your business’ – doesn’t appear on the questionnaire.
Been there, done that
As the article points out, we’ve been here before.
People who didn’t want their medical records stored on the NHS national electronic database had the right to opt out. Many did
The Chief Medical Officer asked GPs to provide the names and address of the refuseniks to central government, on the grounds that their dissent was not “correct”.
This out of hand. Enough is enough.
Lincolnshire County Council are playing their own game of I-spy. But it’s no fun.
They’re sending parents a four-page questionnaire asking them to reveal intimate details about their children.
It’s part of something called the School Entry Wellbeing Review. This is being piloted in Lincolnshire before being rolled out over the rest of England and Wales.
Ticked off
There’s no mention of parents’ right to opt out.
And the one box parents should tick – the one that says None of your business – doesn’t appear on the questionnaire.
Been there, done that
As the linked article points out, we’ve been here before.
People who didn’t want their medical records stored on the NHS national electronic database had the right to opt out. Many did.
The Chief Medical Officer asked GPs to provide the names and address of the refuseniks to central government, on the grounds that their dissent was not “correct”.
This is out of hand.