Connecting for health.

We are writing to you with severe concerns over the coverage that NHS Connecting for Health and the issue of confidentiality controls has received this week in the February edition of the BJGP . The Journal contains an editorial that argues against the current proposals for the summary care record with no attempt to balance the debate or explain the systems that are being proposed.1 It is irresponsible to publish commentary on such an important issue for patient safety and confidentiality without the necessary balance expected from an academic journal. To promote a single agenda in such a blatantly campaigning way without an accurate representation of the facts in our view does the Journal, the College, and our patients a great disservice. The editorial by Professor Ross Anderson seriously misrepresents the current consent model of the summary care model. Professor Anderson who …