The Scottish Executive's refusal to adopt a UK-wide approach to identity cards would result in "health tourists" abusing Scotland's NHS, David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, said yesterday. The rift between Scottish and Westminster ministers over the issue widened when Mr Blunkett suggested that the Executive could be forced to drop its opposition to using ID cards for devolved services.
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Technical glitches do not bode well for ID cards, experts warn
8:10 AM
The technology problems which delayed the start of a Home Office trial of biometric
ID cards and cut short its duration are a worrying sign, MPs and analysts have warned.
Full Article from Computer Weekly.com.
Thursday, May 06, 2004
Britain's biometric ID cards postponed
1:53 PM
Technical problems have delayed the British government's trials for biometric ID cards by three months. The failure of fingerprint and iris-recognition equipment caused the delay, Home Secretary David Blunkett told members of Parliament this week.
Full Article from ZDnet
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Smartcard ID for Clinical staff
4:52 AM
Hundreds of thousands of NHS clinical staff are to be issued with secure smartcards to authenticate access to electronic patient records, Computing can reveal.
Full Article from VNUnet.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Blunkett defends introduction of ID cards
6:57 AM
The home secretary has defended the government's case for introducing ID cards.
Full Article from epolitix.com.
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