Monitoring System or Cameras in Hospital Bedrooms
To whom it may concern,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am writing to you to solicit the following information concerning the monitoring system in hospital bedrooms:
1. Have cameras or surveillance equipments been installed in patients' bedrooms in the hospital(s)?
If the response to the aforementioned question is affirmative,
2. Please specify the hospital(s) which have the monitoring system and cameras in patients' bedrooms.
3. What is the duration for which the footage captured by the bedroom cameras is stored? At what point is the footage scheduled for deletion?
4. Has there been any occurrence of unauthorised access to or release of camera footage? Or has there been any accidental leakage?
5. Have patients formally requested the deletion of camera footage relating to them? If so, have their requests been acted upon?
6. Does the camera footage encompass the recording of all potential activities conducted by patients in hospital bedrooms, including but not limited to intimate or genital exercise or automanipulation?
7. What measures have been implemented to protect the privacy and dignity of patients, and to prevent any possible leakage of recorded footage?
8. Do you have a plan to remove cameras from patients' bedrooms?
Please be advised that you are legally obligated to respond to my enquiries within 20 days. Failure to provide the true and complete information may result in a formal complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office, as well as the legal litigations. I look forward to your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
Henrietta MacGregor
Hi Henrietta
Devon Partnership NHS Trust confirms safe receipt of your Freedom of Information request and will respond within 20 working days.
Regards
Information Governance
Prentice, Langdon Hospital
Dawlish, EX7 0NR
Tel: 01392 675678
http://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
Hi Henrietta
Please see attached the response to your Freedom of Information request.
Regards
Information Governance
Prentice, Langdon Hospital
Dawlish, EX7 0NR
Tel: 01392 675678
http://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
To whom it may concern,
Could you clarify if the Oxehealth or Oxevision monitoring system is installed in hospital bedrooms, including seclusion rooms? If so, please answer my initial questions 2-8.
Yours faithfully,
Henrietta MacGregor
Hello Henrietta
Please see attached the response to your Freedom of Information request
Regards
Information Governance
Prentice, Langdon Hospital
Dawlish, EX7 0NR
Tel: 01392 675678
http://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
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K. Wren left an annotation ()
The Trust has CCTV installed in some 136/"Place of Safety" suites and Oxevision installed in some seclusion rooms.
https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/resources/policie... - "Closed Circuit Television Policy (S10)"
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1... - "Devon foi - uses oxevision.docx" and "Freedom of Information Response 23 24 309.pdf".