{"id":244152,"date":"2025-07-07T02:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244152\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T02:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:20:29","slug":"patients-should-not-film-without-consent-in-healthcare-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244152\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Patients should not film without consent in healthcare settings&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  In the digital era, we have abjectly surrendered our lives to our social media feeds. If it\u2019s not posted online, did it really happen?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Perhaps this mindset is what tempts patients to film medical consultations and procedures.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Currently, there is no unanimous stance across NHS trusts in the UK, and restrictions on filming are variable.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While patients are entitled to video documentation of their treatment, with consent, there is a growing trend of filming in hospital settings without seeking permission.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Society of Radiographers has warned that videos being uploaded to social media are causing \u2018unease\u2019 among healthcare professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This statement comes after an incident in the South of England, whereby a patient&#8217;s relative recorded a cannula being inserted into an arm as they felt it would be \u2018entertaining on social media\u2019.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The filming took place without obtaining the clinicians&#8217; consent, and rather than entertainment, it was perceived as a distraction from delivering care.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/25130217.we-heading-towards-victorian-era-health-crisis\/?rel=cl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;We are heading towards a Victorian-era health crisis&#8217;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Hospitals serve to treat hundreds of patients, meaning that there is a high probability that filming in this environment is likely to capture sensitive information, especially when done without consent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  So, when patients begin filming medical content for the unintended purpose of entertainment, the question arises;\u00a0is this ethical?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In hospital settings, people are at their most vulnerable, and there is an expectation for healthcare workers to uphold patient respect, dignity, and privacy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Uploading content without consent compromises this and underlines why filming in hospitals is ethically questionable.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  To ensure that trust between the patient and clinicians is not undermined, consent must be obtained before filming takes place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the digital era, we have abjectly surrendered our lives to our social media feeds. If it\u2019s not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-244152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114809564237745792","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}