Can body cameras protect NHS staff and patients from violence?

  • Tom Ellis

Press/Media: Research cited

Description

After trials in mental health wards, the government wants paramedics to use body cameras.

Period1 May 2019 → 11 Oct 2019

Media coverage

4

Media coverage

  • TitleThe use of Body Worn Video Cameras on Mental Health Wards: results and implications from pilot study
    Media name/outletHealthcare Business
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date11/10/19
    DescriptionCoverage of a study into the use of body worn video cameras on mental health wards which saw a significant reduction in the use of tranquilising injections during restraint after the introduction of body cameras, led by Tom Ellis
    Producer/AuthorViv Shepherd
    URLhttps://healthcarebusiness.co.uk/the-use-of-body-worn-video-cameras-on-mental-health-wards-results-and-implications-from-pilot-study/
    PersonsTom Ellis
  • TitleBody cameras “significantly reduce” aggression on NHS mental health wards
    Media name/outletVerdict
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date10/09/19
    DescriptionA new study into the use of body worn video cameras on mental health wards saw a significant reduction in the use of tranquillising injections during restraint after the introduction of body cameras, led by Tom Ellis
    Producer/AuthorLuke Christou
    URLhttps://www.verdict.co.uk/nhs-body-cameras-study/
    PersonsTom Ellis
  • TitleNurse body cameras ‘reduce serious incidents’ at London trust
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletNursing Times
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date9/09/19
    DescriptionA new study into the use of body worn video cameras on mental health wards saw a significant reduction in the use of tranquilising injections during restraint after the introduction of body cameras, led by Tom Ellis
    Producer/AuthorMegan Ford
    URLhttps://www.nursingtimes.net/news/research-and-innovation/nurses-wearing-body-cameras-reduces-serious-incidents-mental-health-wards-09-09-2019/
    PersonsTom Ellis
  • TitleCan body cameras protect NHS staff and patients from violence?
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletThe Guardian
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date1/05/19
    DescriptionAfter trials in mental health wards, the government wants paramedics to use body cameras, Tom Ellis says an analysis of four months of data shows restraints requiring tranquillising injections were down indicating a lowering in the severity of incidents, it also found a marked reduction in verbal abuse on female wards
    Producer/AuthorHelene Mulholland
    URLhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/01/body-cameras-protect-hospital-staff-patients-violence-mental-health-wards
    PersonsTom Ellis