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Survivor-led campaign to stop Oxevision (now LIO) and other camera surveillance systems being used on psychiatric wards in the UK. Email: stopoxevision@gmail.com

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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NSUN's timeline of Oxevision at the Lampard Inquiry is a great read: www.nsun.org.uk/news/nsun-lo...
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NSUN long read: the Lampard Inquiry, Oxevision, and the risks of for-profit surveillance tech
This long-read outlines the background and timeline of events in the Lampard Inquiry, and argues that the use of Oxevision/LIO technology must be ceased immediately in all settings.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We warmly welcome the publication of the MHC of Ireland's recent Code on surveillance in mental health settings. As far as we understand, this precludes any use of Oxevision within bedrooms. We urge NHSE to follow suit. stopoxevision.com/2026/09/23/s...
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Stop Oxevision welcomes recently published guidance on the use of digital monitoring (surveillance) technology in Ireland - Stop Oxevision
Stop Oxevision is a lived experience campaign aStop Oxevision welcomes recently published guidance on the use of digital monitoring (surveillance) technology in Ireland
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New on the website is a summary of the evidence heard at the Lampard Inquiry hearings in July about Oxevision/LIO stopoxevision.com/2026/08/17/l...
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Lampard Inquiry July 2026 hearings about vision based monitoring (Oxevision/LIO): a summary - Stop Oxevision
Stop Oxevision is a lived experience campaign against the use of video surveillance, CCTV and Oxevision (also known as Oxehealth, LIO or LIO Health) in psychiatric hospitals
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We know one way that East London Foundation Trust could save money… 🤔 How much is their contract with LIO/Oxehealth costing them? #StopOxevision www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services
Body providing care in east London and Bedfordshire accused of ‘unfathomable and unacceptable’ move
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Viewpoint is a fantastic organisation -- their centring of service users enabled them to be instrumental in the end of Oxevision's use in Hertfordshire: www.hertsviewpoint.co.uk/news/viewpoi...
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Viewpoint instrumental in the removal of Oxevision from all HPFT facilities
In a victory for the service users voice and the importance of Viewpoint's work, HPFT have confirmed that the Oxevision system will no longer be used in HPFT facilities
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Given the millions of £s of public money that has been spent on this system, how can it continue to be justified? There is no strong independent evidence. There are significant safety, privacy and data concerns. When will NHS England, CQC - ANYONE - step in? youtu.be/XjTcBdn_z6s?...
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BBC News - Inquiry hears there’s ‘no strong evidence’ for Oxevision (now LIO Health)
YouTube video by Stop Oxevision
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Yet the week that the Lampard Inquiry heard about the lack of evidence for Oxevision (now rebranded as LIO health), Oxfordshire Mind accepted their money in a corporate fundraising/promotion deal. An outrageous and disappointing decision @mind.org.uk
Facebook post:
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LIO Health!
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A huge thank you to everyone at LIO Health for supporting Oxfordshire Mind at your Summer Party on 15th July!
It's fantastic to see so much enthusiasm for fundraising, with staff getting involved in the brilliant 'Take a Shot' envelope wall. For just £5, colleagues could choose an envelope for the chance to win a prize, there was also a chance to win a huge jar of chocolate footballs by guessing how many were in the jar. Really fun ways to raise vital funds while adding a little excitement to the celebrations!
£383 was raised on the day by staff which was very kindly matched by LIO Health bringing a grand total of £766.
We're incredibly grateful for your generosity and for your continued support of Oxfordshire Mind.
Partnerships like ours help us continue providing mental health support and services to people across Oxfordshire when they need them most.
Thank you to everyone at LIO Health who took part and helped make the event such a success.
We look forward to continuing to work together!
#ThankYou #Corporatefundraising #Fundraising #MentalHealthMatters #OxfordshireMind
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
There is no "strong independent evidence" that [Oxevision] has improved patient safety, an inquiry has heard [The experts] concluded the studies did "not provide strong independent evidence of improved patient safety, acceptability or cost effectiveness" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Evidence lacking for Oxevision monitoring tech, inquiry hears
The Lampard Inquiry hears from experts about Oxevision technology.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
BBC East Midlands Today reporting on the Lampard Inquiry hearings from 21.07.26. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust have stopped using Oxevision (LIO health) finding no benefits of this and very low rates of patients agreeing to its use youtu.be/R5ZbSHplr0U?...
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BBC news - Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust stopped using Oxevision (LIO) finding no benefits
YouTube video by Stop Oxevision
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... “Stop Oxevision said “We don't ever think that there is a time when anyone should have to face that kind of surveillance in their bedroom, especially people who were trying to recover from mental illness””
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Monitoring system for mental heath patients in spotlight
The system which tracks pulse and breathing rates, and takes images is used by a number of trusts.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yet another paper about Oxevision (now LIO health) has been retracted. How many more? Will the NHS finally accept the lack of evidence for this technology and its fundamentally flawed research? #RetractionWatch @retractionwatch.com #MadSky journals.plos.org/digitalhealt...
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Retraction: Economic impact of a vision-based patient monitoring system across five NHS mental health trusts
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So who DOES still use Oxevision (now LIO Health)? This is what we know
an image of an Oxevision camera. Who still uses Oxevision?
13 NHS Trusts use Oxevision in at least some patient bedrooms.
5 NHS Trusts use Oxevision in seclusion or 136 suites alone.
2 police forces use Oxevison in some or all police cells.Trusts that use Oxevision in some or all patient bedrooms and seclusion rooms.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust: Reduced usage to older adult wards, overnight only
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Essex Partnership University NHS Trust
Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust: LSCFT will not be renewing their contract with Oxevision beyond the end of 2026
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust West London NHS TrustTrusts that only use Oxevision in seclusion rooms and/or 136 suites.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
East London NHS Foundation Trust
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
NELFT stopped using Oxevision within patient bedrooms but continue to use it in seclusion rooms.
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHSOther private, police and prison settings that use Oxevision.
Active Care Group (formerly Huntercombe) Use Oxevision in patient bedrooms.
Devon and Cornwall Police Use Oxevision within all police custody suites in Devon and Cornwall.
Metropolitan Police Use Oxevision in Wood Green police station, North London.
HMP Woodhill Use Oxevision in an extra care wing/ clinical assessment unit operated by Central and North West London NHS Trust.
Care homes Oxevision has been used in care homes in Oxfordshire and Sweden.
As care homes are generally privatised, it has been very hard to map exactly where it is used.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Oxehealth, the makers of Oxevision (now rebranded as LIO health), have long boasted that they supply 50% of NHS mental health Trusts in England. However, as a result of our campaign and increased scrutiny of the technology, we can now reveal this number is down to just 36%! #MadSky #StopOxevision
picture of an Oxevision camera. Oxevision in numbers
11 NHS Trusts have stopped or paused their use of Oxevision.
41% of NHS Trusts that once used Oxevision have stopped using it, scaled back their use or plan to end their contract in the near future.
18 out of 50 NHS Trusts are now using the system - down to 36%!Trusts that have stopped or paused use of Oxevision.
Black Country Healthcare NHS Trust
Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Devon Partnership NHS Trust: Devon Partnership have Oxevision installed in seclusion and some patient bedrooms but following a complaint raised by Stop Oxevision and contact with the ICO
identifying 'cyber security concerns, DPT are reportedly not currently using Oxevision. We are not clear whether or not they plan to use this in the future Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
North East London NHS Foundation Trust: Stopped using in bedrooms- still in seclusion
North London NHS Foundation Trust (previously Camden and Islington and Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trusts)
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (now Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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National Survivor User Network @nsunnews.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
NSUN has joined a coalition of campaigners calling Tees, Esk, and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS Foundation Trust to immediately cease their use of Oxevision across all bedrooms, seclusion rooms and 136 suites operated by the Trust. www.nsun.org.uk/news/nsun-jo... @stopoxevision.bsky.social
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NSUN joins coalition demanding end of spy tech in NHS wards
NSUN has joined a coalition of local and national campaigners calling NHS Foundation Trusts to immediately cease their use of Oxevision.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our thoughts, love, rage and solidarity are with Elise Sebastian's family now and always. You did her proud with your evidence. We will not stop fighting until Oxevision is banned www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mother tells Lampard Inquiry: 'Don't let blood be on your hands'
The mum of Elise Sebastian, who died in a mental health unit, gives evidence to the Lampard Inquiry.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Damning evidence from the Lampard Inquiry today about Oxevision (now LIO health). An EPUT nurse admits the benefits are “very minimal”, that it is “incredibly intrusive” and it doesn’t make observation rounds any quicker or more effective, as Oxehealth (now LIO) claim. #LampardInquiry
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Alongside local and national groups and individuals, we have sent a letter calling on TEWV to STOP Oxevision. Thank you so much to those involved in this coalition, including (but not limited to!) @medact.bsky.social @ritb.bsky.social @nsunnews.bsky.social stopoxevision.com/2026/06/30/c...
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Coalition of campaign groups call on Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS Trust to Stop Oxevision/LIO in the North East - Stop Oxevision
Stop Oxevision is a lived experience campaign against the use of video surveillance, CCTV and Oxevision (also known as Oxehealth, LIO or LIO Health) in psychiatric hospitals
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New article out today at Novara Media novaramedia.com/2026/06/23/c...
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‘Creepy’ Bedroom Surveillance Tech a ‘Clear Legal Risk’ for NHS Trusts
The patient watchdog’s ruling points to wider risks around consent and clinical justification in how NHS trusts are using a controversial bedroom surveillance technology called Oxevision. Harriet Will...
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Cos! @algernonentity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
i would argue it's not paranoia if someone is legitimately literally spying on you
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Oxehealth/LIO market the technology as "backed by science" yet the research is consistently poor quality and misleading Meta Analysis Shows Video-Based Monitoring Technology (Oxevision) Has No Statistically Significant Association With Four Of Five Measures Of Patient Safety osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
ICO investigation launched into Oxevision following Stop Oxevision complaints and further submissions from our legal team ICO watchdog opens inquiry into cameras in mental health patients’ bedrooms | Mental health | The Guardian share.google/pYnZs5zYRXv7...
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ICO watchdog opens inquiry into cameras in mental health patients’ bedrooms
Exclusive: Oxevision system used by 40% of NHS mental health trusts being scrutinised by information commissioner over privacy concerns
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
New ‘Matters Arising’ paper out now by Mx Hat Porter and Dr Bethan Edwards: ‘Surveillance is not safety: a response to Dewa and colleagues’ paper about passive remote monitoring technology (Oxevision)’ idp.springer.com/authorize?re...
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Surveillance is not safety: a response to Dewa and colleagues’ paper about passive remote monitoring technology (Oxevision) - BMC Psychiatry
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Veronica Heney @veronicaheney.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A huge success and a testament to the principled, dedicated, generous campaigning and activism of the wonderful @stopoxevision.bsky.social team
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
After new information through FOI that yet another Trust has stopped using Oxevision, we can now reveal that just 19 out of the 50 mental health Trusts are still using the system - well below the 50% that Oxehealth (now LIO) once boasted!
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Bindmans have made written submissions to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on behalf of Hat Porter and Stop Oxevision outlining serious data protection concerns regarding Oxevision use in patient bedrooms www.bindmans.com/news-insight...
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Bindmans client, Stop Oxevision, seek expedited investigation by the Information Commissioner's Office into Oxevision data protection issues | Bindmans
Bindmans, acting for Hat Porter and the patient-led campaign Stop Oxevision, has today written to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) requesting that it open a single, coordinated investigatio...
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david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
So grim. 'Opt out consent' As @stopoxevision.bsky.social say, surveillance is not safety.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 11/05/2026
We were told our data would stay under NHS control. But an internal document just revealed the truth: Palantir staff are being granted “unlimited access”. Join us demanding this spy-tech firm gets out of our NHS 👇 goodlaw.social/658abc
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Nell @nellh.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“We assert that consent is not complex or challenging and that it is not appropriate or lawful to film individuals in their bedrooms and share video footage with an external company” 🔥 #StopOxevision #StopLIO #MadSky
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A NHS Trust was ordered to pay compensation to a patient over use of Oxevision (LIO) - what does this mean for other Trusts? What does the guidance from NHS England and CQC say about its use? Plus, read our letter to NHSE asking them to take action stopoxevision.com/2026/04/29/t...
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Trust ordered to pay compensation to patient over use of Oxevision - Stop Oxevision
An NHS Trust has had to pay out to a patient after she complained to the Ombudsman about the use of Oxevision during her time as an inpatient. This is not unique - all Trusts are at risk of having to ...
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We are relieved to see that the Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses Directors Forum guidelines on Oxevision have finally been taken down. We have long thought these guidelines were neither safe nor ethical. In particular their promotion of ‘implicit consent’ was outrageous
The two informed consent positions below each have advantages and disadvantages and need clarity and proper structure in their implementation to ensure the guidelines are followed.
1. Implicit consent: all service users are opted in upon admission as part of the standard practice on the ward. Service users can raise questions and concerns, and there should be regular opportunities for service users to be engaged by staff in conversation about their questions and concerns. Objections can be raised at any time. Objections should be handled by the responsible clinician as per existing clinical practice. The responsible clinician will decide whether to withdraw the use of the technology if in the best interest of the patient, taking into account the balance with individual preference, safety/risk management and other alternatives, just as
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National Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurse Directors Forum
Influencing and advancing care in mental health and learning disabilities
they would other treatment approaches. This approach needs open and honest communication including the frequent reiteration of the existence and purpose of the system so staff can be sure that patients' informed implicit consent remains in place.
The flowchart in Appendix 3 lays out how such a system can be maintained. It should be noted that most providers who have deployed VBPMS to date have made use of some form of this informed implicit consent model.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Now up on YouTube, the BBC Look East piece on a patient who had Oxevision used against her will - the parliamentary health ombudsman found failings and awarded compensation youtu.be/nN3_Skih2cg?...
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BBC news Look East - Oxevision (LIO) used against patients will
YouTube video by Stop Oxevision
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Would you want to be watched in your bedroom while you're ill in hospital? @novaramedia.com youtube.com/shorts/FwQkm...
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The NHS is Paying for 'Spy Cameras' in Patient Bedrooms
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
You can now read our paper 'towards a Mad technoscience', without a login on the publisher's website! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
We were asked to speak at this KCL PRU event - you can watch Hat on the panel here. As they point out, we don't need even 'more research' on surveillance, we need decision-makers to take action. Now. stopoxevision.com/kings-survei...
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King's surveillance in mental health event - Stop Oxevision
On the 1st of December 2025, policy researchers at King’s College London held an event to discuss the use of surveillance technologies on mental health wards. This was following the publication of the...
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust @cntw.bsky.social have you installed Oxevision on the mother and baby unit? The new ward leaflet has added information about Oxevision as well as body worn cameras. This is unspeakably unethical. www.cntw.nhs.uk/resource-lib...
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Welcome Guide - Beadnell Ward Mother and Baby Unit - Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Useful information about your stay on Beadnell Ward. It will tell you about the ward, staff and treatments and therapies that are available to you.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We have published part two of the timeline of Oxford Health's installation of Oxevision. This part considers the origins of Oxevision, the initial Oxevision pilot study and the connections between Oxehealth and it's founder (Lionel Tarassenko) with the NIHR Oxford Health BRC
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Untangling the threads: The installation of Oxevision by Oxford Health NHS Trust part two Following on from the piece earlier in the week we are now sharing part two of our deep dive into Oxford Health’s seemingly irrational decision to install Oxevision stopoxevision.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/u...
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Untangling the threads: The installation of Oxevision by Oxford Health NHS Trust part two
Image from Charlotte Wood Twitter, 2021, showing Oxford Health and Oxehealth winning an award for the Oxvision pilot project On 3rd February we shared part one of a timeline outlining the installat…
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Hat (they/them) @hatporter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
All of this is heartbreaking but the feedback from patients, including those on a children's ward is harrowing. “its creepy when I look up and see its red eyes looking at me. It feels like a monster is looking at me in the night”.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Following an article by @novaramedia.com we have now shared part one of the timeline of Oxford Health's installation of Oxevision. The report outlines how the Trust invested millions in a technology its patients described as 'creepy', 'unsafe' and 'spying'
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
“Creepy, unsafe and spying” This report is written to accompany our complaint to Oxford Health. We are asking questions as to whether personal connections and vested interests may have influenced decisions pertaining to the technology stopoxevision.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/c...
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“Creepy, unsafe and spying”: The installation of Oxevision by Oxford Health NHS Trust part one
Image from Oxford Health Oxevision pilot. The Oxevision box here does not have the black screen designed to hide the camera as with the current model On 14th January 2026, Stop Oxevision submitted …
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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"Oxevision is an infrared camera that records patients in their bedrooms 24/7" Betcha the folks that dropped the panopticon on people needing help with paranoia and psychosis knew it would do harm, but did it anyway for the 'cost savings.'
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