US social security number secret? Hahahaha! Piers, you are too funny. It's
"not to be used for identification" (printed right on the damn card) but
pretty much always has been. All sorts of things require it (credit
applications and the like) or did require it. One might as well consider it
as public as a common land-line telephone number.
On Sep 6, 2014 1:39 AM, "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Did you know that your old NHS number is taken from your birth certificate?
> A bit of a contrast with USA where the SS# seemes to be ultra secret!
>
> 4 letters and 3 digits is memorable (ask me) but whoever thought that 10
> digits would be better has no grasp of human factors.
>
> Piers
> On 5 Sep 2014 15:57, "Jez Cunningham" <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The NI Number is still 9 (digits and letters) but the NHS Number (which
> is
> > something different) is now 10 digits (mine was 4 letters and 3 digits).
> > And then each hospital has their own Hospital Number :-)
> > cheers
> > Jez
> >
> >
> > On 5 September 2014 14:21, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, its nice to know these things before getting caught out, my
> > > national insurance number is only 9 digits so they must have changed
> that
> > > in the last 15 years. Maybe I should chase up a new number and register
> > > with a UK practice. I have to pay full UK council tax anyway as a
> > deduction
> > > is not allowed for the first property unless it was emptied.
> > >
> > > I see there is hope and they are recommending that if you have paid for
> > at
> > > least 7 years then you should keep the entitlement
> > > <https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/
> > > uploads/attachment_data/file/210438/Sustaining_services__
> > > ensuring_fairness_consultation_document.pdf>
> > >
> > > I guess I have to get a Romanian passport - no offence intended to
> > genuine
> > > Romanian people who have come to benefit the UK but I did see a program
> > > about a group who have just come for the benefits and had no problem
> > > getting NHS treatment - even my wife who is not British was angry with
> > them
> > > and the system.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 05/09/2014 14:40, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> They first asked me at the Emergency Department check-in / triage desk
> > for
> > >> my home address and the name of the doctor I was registered with. When
> > >> they
> > >>
> > >>
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