URGENT PETITION: Introduce Body-Worn Cameras in NHS Care Settings

We are calling on the UK Government and Department of Health and Social Care to introduce a national framework for body-worn cameras in NHS care settings during high-risk clinical interactions and serious incidents.

WHY THIS MATTERS

In serious medical situations, families are often left without clear answers about what happened. Investigations can take years, and accounts of events may differ between documentation, memory, and interpretation. Body-worn cameras, used ethically and with strict safeguards, could improve transparency, protect patients and staff, and strengthen trust in healthcare.

WHAT THIS CHANGE WOULD DO

- Improve transparency in urgent and high-risk clinical situations

- Support accurate and fair investigation of serious incidents

- Reduce disputes caused by unclear or incomplete accounts

- Strengthen public trust in NHS decision-making

- Provide an objective record to support both patients and healthcare professionals

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS

This is NOT a proposal for constant surveillance or recording of routine care. It is a targeted safety and accountability measure for serious incidents, implemented under strict data protection, consent, and governance rules.

WHY NOW

There is increasing public concern about transparency and consistency in healthcare investigations. A regulated pilot programme would allow the UK to test this approach safely and ethically, ensuring patient safety while protecting staff professionalism.

OUR REQUEST

We urge the UK Government to:

1. Introduce legislation enabling regulated use of body-worn cameras in NHS high-risk care settings

2. Establish a national pilot scheme in selected NHS trusts

3. Ensure strict ethical, legal, and data protection safeguards

4. Review how recorded evidence could support serious incident investigations

CALL TO ACTION

If you believe patients and families deserve clarity, transparency, and accountability in healthcare, please sign and share this petition. Every signature strengthens the call for safer, more transparent care in the NHS. Our daughters death was completely avoidable and it took 15 years to get the truth. It has to stop happening day after day. 

Thank you for reading and helping every signatures is a step closer to change we need.