
NHS staff raise concerns about filming in hospitals and streaming on TikTok
The growing trend of patients filming themselves receiving medical care and uploading it to social media sites such as TikTok is causing unease among healthcare staff, the Society of Radiographers has warned.
The society said it was concerned that people were filming their own treatment or the treatment of a family member without permission, which was compromising the privacy of other patients and undermining the patient’s own treatment by making staff uncomfortable and anxious.
Emphasising that the problem was affecting all healthcare workers, not just radiographers, the society urged NHS hospitals to make sure that patients are aware that they shouldn’t be filming …