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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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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2h
I’m glad more people are pointing this out. I talked about it it a few weeks ago w/ @janus.bsky.social Companies are attempting a sleight of hand where they capture data but argue because of how it’s processed it’s not “recording” and is thus private. They are still surveillance devices!
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We can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’
Soon, asking “Does this device have a camera?” won’t be good enough.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 2h
10 mental health trusts have been referred to the CQC over their use of Oxevision (now LIO) it has been revealed at the Lampard inquiry hearings this week www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ten NHS trusts referred over monitoring consent - Lampard Inquiry
Infrared technology is used in patients' bedrooms and can monitor their breathing and pulse.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 2h
www.channel4.com/news/should-...
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Should hospitals use AI surveillance systems to monitor mental health patients?
An inquiry into the deaths of mental health patients in Essex will look at whether the use of a controversial camera system for monitoring patients there should be stopped.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our statement on these upcoming hearings
Stop Oxevision says

The evidence heard by the Inquiry over the past two years has been damning for Oxevision, which has been exposed as having no clinical benefit, and a high cost for patient safety, quality of care, dignity and privacy, as well as a high financial cost on an NHS already under strain. The Inquiry’s consideration of evidence in support of interim recommendations is a powerful recognition of these concerns, and it is one that we wholly support.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Next week the Lampard Inquiry will resume with hearings to hear evidence that may support the need for interim recommendations to be issued regarding observations and technology, including the use of Oxevision (now LIO health) www.bindmans.com/news-insight...
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Lampard Inquiry to consider further evidence in support of interim recommendations on the use of Oxevision in mental health inpatient settings | Bindmans
The Lampard Inquiry is a statutory investigation into deaths of people who died under the care of mental health services between 2000 and 2023.
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Tim Reierson @holdspacefree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Oxevision #LIO is in the US, they got a foothold in Larimer County CO, then added a 2nd CO facility. This was their goal, to get FDA approval on their pulse/breathing aspect & get into the US market. Prisons, elder care facilities, involuntary holds. ref: reformcrisistextline.com/wp-content/p...
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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
This included evidence from Essex Partnership as well as comparator Trusts who have previously or currently use Oxevision, Leicestershire Partnership and Tees Esk and Wear Valley. They also heard from expert statisticians about research into Oxevision
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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
Why is it up to mental health patients to highlight that we do not want to be the canaries in the coal mine for these types of technology? We urge all Trusts to end their contracts with LIO Health and stop using Oxevision.
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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!
Thank you for supporting
Oxfordshire Mind at your office
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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
Yet neighbouring trust, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS trust continue to use Oxevision (LIO health) on most of their wards How can this continue to be justified?
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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
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"We've heard from patients who felt neglected, who felt abandoned on wards because this technology has been used in place of staff coming to see them to make sure they're OK." #StopOxevision #StopLIO
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“We don't think the technology improves safety. We know that often we have this argument pitted against us between safety and patient rights, but we know that it's our right to be psychologically safe in a mental health hospital and being recorded constantly doesn't provide that” #StopOxevision
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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
All the information above is accurate to the best of our knowledge based on extensive Freedom of Information Act requests and research. Our knowledge of the private sector is constrained by private providers not being subject to the FOI Act. If you have relevant information please do email us.
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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
All the information above is accurate to the best of our knowledge based on extensive Freedom of Information Act requests and research.
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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
In fact, she describes Oxevision as a “barrier to engagement” and that it takes longer to do observations than with paper records. She also says it’s “quite possible” that staff might have worked on EPUT wards without any training in the system at all #LampardInquiry
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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
“The Information Commissioner's Office has launched an investigation into the company behind Oxevision after campaigners called for an examination of the legality of its collection, processing, retention and access to patient data gained from use in the NHS”
Consent is not the only issue with Oxevision, with bereaved families and former patients with lived experience raising concerns about the safety, value and legality of surveillance technology in patient bedrooms, the impact on patient wellbeing and issues of privacy violation.
Oxevision's manufacturer says the tech allows staff to check patient vitals while minimising disruptions to patient sleep and facilitates "rich data collection"
There are also overlapping concerns about the intimate involvement of big tech companies like Palantir in the NHS, the risk of patient data being processed for commercial profit and the ethics of mass data collection - including movement and activity from clear video recordings, along with pulse and respiratory readings - from patients who are vulnerable, unwell and often detained under Mental Health Act powers.
The Information Commissioner's Office has launched an investigation into the company behind Oxevision after campaigners called for an examination of the legality of its collection, processing, retention and access to patient data gained from use in the NHS.
Oxevision was originally marketed for use in detention settings - including by police and in prisons - as a global collaboration between Korean video surveillance giant Hanwha Vision and Oxevision's manufacturer
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“Rachel Harger, a partner solicitor at law firm Bindmans who is representing survivor-led campaign group Stop Oxevision, highlighted the ombudsman's findings in this case as "significant" because they “illustrate a pattern of basic safeguards not being met in the deployment of this technology".”
According to the ombudsman, the use of Oxevision "exacerbated her feelings of anxiety, vulnerability and fear" and it instructed Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust to pay Miss B £925 'in recognition of the impact [she] has suffered"
Rachel Harger, a partner solicitor at law firm Bindmans who is representing survivor-led campaign group Stop Oxevision, highlighted the ombudsman's findings in this case as "significant" because they
"illustrate a pattern of basic safeguards not being met in the deployment of this technology".
Harger told Novara Media: "There is a clear legal risk that other NHS trusts using Oxevision in similar ways could face comparable complaints where patients are not properly informed, where consent is not meaningfully sought or respected, or where there is inadequate transparency about how the system is used in practice.
"The ombudsman's decision should not be viewed as an isolated outcome, but as an indication of broader legal exposure."
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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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C🎃s! @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
This original article is here: www.emerald.com/mhdt/article...
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Enhancing safety in mental health hospitals: a multi-site evaluation of a contactless patient monitoring platform
Purpose. There is growing interest in how data and technology can improve safety in mental health hospitals. A contactless patient monitoring platform, implemented in half of NHS England mental health...
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
There was no statistically significant association between Oxevision and self harm, restraint, assaults or rapid tranquillisation (after excluding missing and confounding figures) whilst the falls data was fundamentally flawed. The authors overstate and misrepresent their findings.
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This article (pre-print ahead of review and publication) presents a discussion of a recent Oxevision article highlighting that this does not, in fact, demonstrate benefits of Oxevision but actually shows it has a null association with the outcomes studied, disproving their own marketing claims
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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
It is unclear whether Oxehealth/LIO have informed their customers of this. Whilst there is an ongoing investigation regarding data processing associated with Oxevision we call on all trusts to immediately stop using the devices, switch them off at the plug and cover the cameras to reassure patients.
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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
BMC Psychiatry -
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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We don’t have DMs on here as have not verified identity- but please do email us if you have any questions
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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
That’s 10 Trusts that have now stopped using Oxevision! A huge win for our campaign and the privacy and dignity of patients everywhere
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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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