Stop the Super ID Database - Amendment
- Submitted by: Bob Doris, Glasgow, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 February 2015
- Motion reference: S4M-12447.1
As an amendment to motion S4M-12447 in the name of Willie Rennie (Stop the Super ID Database), leave out from “notes” to end and insert “considers that the Scottish Government’s consultation on potential amendments to the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006 sets out to improve the quality of data held in the NHS Central Register, assist in the tracing of certain people, such as overseas visitors who are eligible to pay for NHS treatment, and children missing from the education system, and ensure that, when providing public services, public bodies are able to correctly identify the person they are dealing with in a safe and controlled manner; understands that local authorities and NHS boards have been able to use the unique citizen reference numbers (UCRN) since 2006 and that the UCRN may only be used for matching and verifying key data and does not transfer any personal information; recognises that the Scottish Government and Scottish public bodies already operate under strict rules on the use of data to ensure privacy, and considers that there are no proposals to change this; acknowledges that the amendments do not include any proposals for ID cards or for the sharing of medical records, nor do they involve the creation of a single public sector record, and understands that the Scottish Government will consider the responses to the consultation."
Related motion
Stop the Super ID Database
Submitted by: Willie Rennie, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Thursday, February 26, 2015
Supported by: Neil Findlay, Cara Hilton, Jim Hume, Liam McArthur, Alison McInnes, Jean Urquhart
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001