Like me you probably had a letter today from the NHS informing us that they are introducing an electronic 'summary care record.' This will contain all our important medical information. It will only be available to authorised healthcare staff.

Pretty good idea? On the face of it, yes, it makes sense, if you had an accident and needed an operation, the Doctor could quickly find out if you had any allergies or the like.

Having read 1984 and Animal Farm years ago and seen much of its contents come to pass, I do get concerned with how much information is kept on us. Much of it is of course vital, but its the people who get hold of it that concerns me. Whenever your car, building, or contents insurance are due floods of telephone calls, mail and e-mail arrive. Even Supermarkets watch what and how you spend.

I just wonder if I agree to have an electronic 'summary care record' how long it will be before other organisations are allowed to have a look.

I have no hang up on the 666 mark of the beast from the book of the Revelation, indeed Christians have been forced to have a 'mark' more than once over the past 2000 years. However I do feel we should value our freedom and carefully consider what we sign up for.

Jesus said the Father even knows the number of hairs on our head. That will do me thank you very much.