Big Brother grabs confidentail Health records: Waist size, drinking habits, etc

[Mr Mannn]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272166/Big-brother-log-drinking-habits-waist-size.html#axzz2JhXYhdJ3

Big brother to log your drinking habits and waist size as GPs are forced to hand over confidential records

    Data includes weight, cholesterol, BMI, family health history and pulse rate
    Doctors will be forced to reveal alcohol consumption and smoking status
    Privacy campaigners described it as 'biggest data grab in NHS history'
    Part of new Health Service programme called Everyone Counts
    Officials insisted data will be anonymous and deleted after analysis

Story at link. But this is the gist of it. Daily Mail is a Brit publication, and this story is about the British National Health Service handing over all confidential records to the govt.
---There was no debate or vote in Parliament that I can tell. This was just a govt decree.
Sound familiar?

Nanny state life control coming soon to a socialist paradise near you.

[rich_t]

Why do you think that there is such a big government push to get doctors to convert to digital medical records here?

Setting the stage for exactly this sort of thing.