Stop Oxevision

And on that note, academics, especially those who influence policy, can and should call for action. It's not 'biassed' to 'take sides'. It is your job.

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.

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Please can you confirm if this is an error? @cntw.bsky.social the patient leaflet is very generic and you use Oxevision on all the other wards so perhaps the standard information was copied?

Also the information provided to patients about Oxevision does not give any details about consent processes and gives no clarity that it is a video camera that records patients at all times and shares data with an external party. Absolutely appalling.

Oxevision is only licenced for use in people 12 or over and only works when there is one person in the room so wouldn't work if a patient was with her baby. This opens a whole host of additional data protection concerns and could be highly traumatic and harmful for patients

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.

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The @nihr.bsky.social Oxford Health BRC seem to still work closely with Oxehealth / LIO and have Oxevision monitors in a sleep study room. However, from the usage reports, it doesn't seem that these have been used
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The timeline also outlines Oxford Health's bold claims to have 'come up with the idea' of Oxevision and the value of the @nihr.bsky.social Oxford Health BRC in making the research happen

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Introducing artificial intelligence in acute psychiatric inpatient care: qualitative study of its use to conduct nursing observations Background All patients admitted to an acute inpatient mental health unit must have nursing observations carried out at night either hourly or every 15 minutes, to ascertain that they are safe and bre...

The study is published in @bmj.com mental health and is published without details of ethics and the authors have failed to declare their conflict of interest. We are awaiting a response from the BMJ about this mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/23/1...

We raise concerns that the original Oxevision pilot study (funded by @nihr.bsky.social) was potentially conducted without requite ethical approvals despite it being high risk

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

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…

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

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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”.

In our complaint, we consider the motivations of Oxford Health to persist with installation of Oxevision, suggesting “this decision making appears so irrational and illogical that it raises questions of whether this was motivated, at least in part, by vested interests"

This decision was made before having completed an evaluation of the earlier stages. In 2024, all contracts were extended until 2029, before having received the outcomes from even the first stage, and despite ongoing concerns about the technology and limited usage of Oxevison

In 2021 @OxfordHealthNHS signed a business case to install Oxevision on 7 wards. Despite the issues faced with the technology and its supplier, in 2023, the exec committee signed a contract to install Oxevision on 9 further wards in 2023/24, and the remaining wards in 2024/25.

Intrigued about the "damning internal report"? You can now read it here: stopoxevision.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

The decision to expand the installation of Oxevision over three stages appears to have been made despite “damning internal reports”, negative feedback from patients; ongoing issues with the supplier; what appeared to be a major data breach; and a lack of any demonstrable benefit

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'

We will be publishing part two of this deep dive later in the week so stick around!

“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 …

“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

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"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.'

“Oxevision is not licensed to replace staff, but the trust still notes in its report that this is what they’re using the technology for, estimating that between 2021 and 2024, it should save £709k on staffing with Oxevision.”

“The business case for using Oxevision appears equally unclear in the OHFT report, which reveals a conflict between the trust and the company over whether to explicitly say that the surveillance tech is being used to replace staff.”