That's both useless and inconvenient. Their site even says a doctor might not actually do it, and having the optout so hidden in that way would violate the spir

That's both useless and inconvenient. Their site even says a doctor might not actually do it, and having the optout so hidden in that way would violate the spirit of not the letter of the Data Protection Act. It's also a huge waste of time and money on the NHS, which is already expensive and overstretched.