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Taking Photos In Hospital
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Last year I made a complaint about a wrong doing in hospital and my complaint was dismissed. I was told there is no way the wrong doing could ever happen.
In January this year it happened again and I took a film on my phone. I made a complaint in writing. A hospital bigwig and an IT techie turned up, transferred the film to a hospital laptop and then without permission deleted it from my phone.
I was then told that the manager in charge of the section where the wrong doing occurred had made a complaint about ME taking the film.
Notices have gone up saying anyone taking a photo or film will be prosecuted.
On the film there were NO members of staff or patients.
Does anyone know the legalities regarding taking photos/films?
In January this year it happened again and I took a film on my phone. I made a complaint in writing. A hospital bigwig and an IT techie turned up, transferred the film to a hospital laptop and then without permission deleted it from my phone.
I was then told that the manager in charge of the section where the wrong doing occurred had made a complaint about ME taking the film.
Notices have gone up saying anyone taking a photo or film will be prosecuted.
On the film there were NO members of staff or patients.
Does anyone know the legalities regarding taking photos/films?
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I'd complain to GMC
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mrs o can you give the make and model of the phone and also have you taken any pictures since those were deleted
the reason i ask is that the police made a person delete some pictures from a phone before they would let him go but what they did no know was there is software ( free ) that can pull the photos back out
the reason i ask is that the police made a person delete some pictures from a phone before they would let him go but what they did no know was there is software ( free ) that can pull the photos back out
you shouldn't contact some big wig in the hospital if its a serious matter but send details to the Health Secretary, and any one else in government that would relate to this matter also your local MP, i am not sure what the outcome would be, but from experience of complaints about hospital services and treatment of a relative, it went nowhere.
I work in a hospital, and we certainly have notices up regarding camera use as we have had issues with relatives taking pictures of unconscious patients and then sending them to a newspaper. Patients have to give written consent before staff are allowed to take any pictures for training purposes, or to have their identity clearly disguised (i.e. face blanked out)
A no cameras rule isn't so unusual I agree, to threaten prosecution is an odd one though.
There would be uproar if photos were not permitted on a maternity ward, where respecting privacy of other patients etc is just as important as on any other ward. Hence me wondering how they justify prosecution in one ward but have, presumably, set out a process whereby photographs are permitted on another ward
There would be uproar if photos were not permitted on a maternity ward, where respecting privacy of other patients etc is just as important as on any other ward. Hence me wondering how they justify prosecution in one ward but have, presumably, set out a process whereby photographs are permitted on another ward
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