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I'd think you'll find that those were handover sheets. They are given to every nurse when we do handovers so we can keep up to date with o/n or weekend issues. It's easy as pie to take home, I often do, but take off the patient's names, and then rip them into tiny pieces after, as there are...

So when you have an outpatient's appointment at the local hospital, you want the nurses to type up your notes, send them on to relevant people, and follow the letters up? When you phone the GP, you want the nurses to handle your case, book your appointment, find your files, put new pages in for...

They had that problem with admitting me onto a ward when I did my shoulder, as they've just changed their systems over there.

It is difficult. Obviously with doctors & nurses etc, you are bound to confidentiality, I'm sure that medical receptionists would have the nouse to adhere to this also - as all records have "CONFIDENTIAL" written on the front of them!

Ok, so pick my example. Say (heaven forbid) you were driving to a football match out of the area and had a car crash. You were bleeding out everywhere, and it just so happens that you have HIV. This is something that when you were admitted to hospital, EVERYONE needed to know, as there are...

That'll be handy when you turn up in a hospital miles away, and wont be able to find out any records about you - including allergies. It's so so SO dangerous to opt out of a medical database. Were these records on paper, or on disc?