Ministers consider staff body cameras to tackle NHS mental health abuse scandals

Ministers consider staff body cameras to tackle NHS mental health abuse scandals Ministers are considering the use of body cameras within mental health units as part of the government’s response to NHS abuse scandals, The Independent has learned.

Senior sources with knowledge of the conversation between the Department for Health and Social Care and the NHS have raised concerns about the plans. There are fears that using the technology in mental health units could have implications for human rights and patient confidentiality.

See also:

• CQC tells Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust to make significant improvements Care Quality Commission 
• Health trust running unit which saw abuse faces NHS intervention BBC News
• Patients at troubled mental health trust faced sex abuse on wards, watchdog finds The Daily Telegraph