A hot topic at the moment. I've always worried about the lack of confidentiality within the NHS, both as a service user and an NHS professional. I find it embarressing when receptionists at GP surgeries happily shout across the waiting room to ask when your last period was. As for IT, forgive my cynicism, but when my PC at work has a filter set to prohibit a search for anything in the category of "health", what hope is there?