What patients think about others having access to their medical records depends on what they have been told about who will have access (NHS must learn lessons on centralised patient records).

For example, what if men were told that if they are  prescribed Viagra it would be known by administrative staff for up to six months  after being issued? It is not just current medications that will be on the system.

What if they were told about the NHS secondary uses service, pharmacists,  researchers and so on - would that affect their view on access?

When I contacted a primary care trust about drugs such as anti-depressants, Viagra and medications used in a termination, they seemed to imply that this data would be uploaded. Would all women who had an abortion be happy about uploading anything that implied they have had such an operation?

Dave, submitted on the web