all this on their behalf. So... is there anything to say whether this scheme is actually mandatory yet? If anyone would like more details, they had 2 or 3 pages of info in the Jobs folders they where you wait to sign on... this is where I got my info from. I know someone that a few years ago got a letter TELLING them that an appointment had been made for them, date and time, in a nearby city to give a DNA sample, and to check on their genictic code!!!, (I kid you not), lt had to do with that person health record, they had information about that persons health!!!, who gave them that information ?, only the NHS knew about that persons health, the letter was from a private company that had something to do with a University (if memory serves it was a University in Cardiff ?) , seems they were doing this in many parts of the UK. That person had to phone them to confirm they would attend, they did phone to confirm they would, and didn't turn up. Where is this all going, seems we don't have any rights left. I should add to my post above that it was this (and some other happenings) that made me think that what is going on here is that insurance companies are behind all this, building up a very big database that will be used to deny people who have private health insurance payments when/if they