I read this article and was astounded there wasn't a massive outcry about this. Then I dug around some more and it seems the guardian article is really quite mi

I read this article and was astounded there wasn't a massive outcry about this. Then I dug around some more and it seems the guardian article is really quite misleading. There is a Health Service Journal article at http://www.hsj.co.uk/comment/more-patient-data-ultimately-means-better-care/5066865.article#.Ut3Ef2SwqS4 http://www.hsj.co.uk/comment/more-patient-data-ultimately-me... which gives more details. The "pseudonymised data" is also referred to "amber data" and does not contain the postcode, DoB or NHS number of the patients. The "red data" which contains this additional information is not available to 3rd parties except in exceptional circumstances - eg: a national emergency with an outbreak of some deadly disease where the government is trying to contain it.