NHS staff intimidated and fearful of harassment through intrusive filming or photography, union claims
NHS staff are being harassed by members of the public filming them with phones and threatening to post footage online, according to new research.
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Unison said a survey of thousands of UK health workers revealed that one in seven have experienced unwanted and intrusive filming or photography in the past year.
The union said incidents are leaving staff feeling intimidated and fearful.
Experiences have included people using their phones to film health workers on duty or giving emergency care as they treat patients for cardiac arrests and then that footage being livestreamed or put on social media platforms, the study revealed.
Phone cameras are also being as used as the digital equivalent of “rubbernecking”, said the union, with one member of the public brazenly filming a victim of a car accident with serious injuries despite pleas from staff to stop.
The culprit had to be escorted from the scene by police.
