Tuesday 17/June/2025 – 02:52 PM
The British SOR Association launched a warning of the growing phenomenon of photographing patients for themselves or for others inside hospitals, with the aim of publishing these clips on social media platforms such as Tek Tok and Instagram, stressing that this endangers the safety of patients and workers in the NHS NHS.
British warning of photographing hospital patients via Tek Tok
According to the BBC newspaper, the association expressed its concern about the increase in the number of patients who use their mobile phones to document the medical procedures they are subject to, sometimes without asking for prior permission, and warned that this behavior may be distracted by the focus of medical cadres, and they have feelings of anxiety and tension, in addition to the possibility of violating the privacy of other patients who are present in the same place.
Ashley Dakino, Ashley Dakino, said that she faced a similar position, when a patient’s relative began photographing the treatment while trying to prepare the patient, and added: The timing of filming was completely inappropriate, and I needed full focus.
Dakino, who is also a union actress, explained that she had received similar complaints from colleagues in other sections, noting a case in which pictures of the patient were taken with the approval of the crew, but later discovered that she was also recording an audio with the aim of publishing a personal blog.
Introductory cards show patient names
The danger lies, according to the association, that workers often wear identification cards that show their names and positions, which makes them vulnerable to violating their privacy through the videos published on the Internet, and in one case, a sick daughter was registering a video without permission while one of the crew was conducting an accurate surgical procedure, and the concerned employee said: I spent the weekend worried about whether I had performed my work perfect I made my best.
The association called for the necessity of setting clear policies in all British hospitals to prevent unauthorized photography within health facilities, especially in light of the increasing use of smartphones in daily life, and Dean Rogers, director of the strategy in the association, stressed that some hospitals are already applying strict policies, but there is a need to generalize this at a national level.
For her part, Dr. Megana Bandit, the National Medical Director participating in the National Health Services Authority in England, stressed the need to discuss any intention to register the consultations or medical procedures with the crew in advance, and that this is for personal use only, and added that photographing other patients without their knowledge is a serious violation of data confidentiality, and it should not be allowed to publish any medical material without clear approval.
