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
Dear Ms MacGregor
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 received 17 May 2024. NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board (ICB) will respond within twenty working days from this date.
Yours sincerely
Simon Barlow
Corporate Governance Manager
[email address]
Telephone: 03 300 571 030 Extension 2904
Internal CCG: Ext: 2904
FOI enquiries
[email address]
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS)
Gemini House, Bartholomews Walk, Cambridgeshire Business Park, Angel Drove, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4EA
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Dear Ms MacGregor
Please find attached the response to your recent Freedom of Information request.
Yours sincerely
Simon Barlow
Corporate Governance Manager
[email address]
Telephone: 03 300 571 030 Extension 2904
Internal CCG: Ext: 2904
FOI enquiries
[email address]
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS)
Gemini House, Bartholomews Walk, Cambridgeshire Business Park, Angel Drove, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4EA
The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies; please do not disclose, copy, or distribute information in this email nor take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your cooperation.
Dear Simon,
Please explain why you do not possess this information. Does the NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board not manage hospitals?
Yours sincerely,
Henrietta MacGregor
Dear Henrietta
Thank you for your e-mail.
In response to your query. The ICB do not manage the hospitals. The Hospitals are managed by their respective NHS Trusts which are legal bodies in their own right. Amongst other things the ICB commissions services from the Trusts and is responsible for monitoring the quality of services provided for patients. The ICB is not responsible for the internal operation or management of the hospitals themselves - hence why we responded to advise you would need to contact the Hospital Trusts directly to request the information you require.
I have provided a link to our website which provides more information around the role of the ICB.
I hope this helps.
Yours sincerely
Simon Barlow
Corporate Governance Manager
[email address]
Telephone: 03 300 571 030 Extension 2904
Internal CCG: Ext: 2904
FOI enquiries
[email address]
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS)
Gemini House, Bartholomews Walk, Cambridgeshire Business Park, Angel Drove, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4EA
The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies; please do not disclose, copy, or distribute information in this email nor take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your cooperation.
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