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THE GUARDIAN · HEALTH · October 20, 2026

Ban ‘intrusive’ cameras in England’s mental health wards, say bereaved families

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Lawyers for the families say patients’ lives are at stake by the continued use of Oxevision. The lampard inquiry was told that five patients died themselves in two years.

The inquiry began in 2024 into 2,000 mental health deaths in a 23-year period. She urged lampard to halt Oxevision in the NHS. Mant said the remote system had often prevented vital in-person care. He said claims made for the effectiveness were based on "nothing more

Evidence to the inquiry from an expert on mental nursing. She reminded the inquiry that her daughter feared being spied upon. The information commissioner launched an inquiry over data protection concerns.

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