Stop Oxevision

Following the Lampard Inquiry hearings on the 13th and 14th October related to Oxevision (Oxehealth / LIO health), here is a statement provided by Hat Porter on behalf of Stop Oxevision. [Note, in order to try to reduce the stress and pressure on Hat and Stop Oxevision, this was recorded on 12th October] The list of trusts is correct to the best of our knowledge but we invite trusts to correct us if they are no longer using Oxevision or are about to decommission this. If this is not the case, we urge trusts to call urgent meetings to take robust actions towards removing Oxevision from their services. @eputnhs @nhsengland @carequalitycommission Active Care group @active_care_group Berkshire Healthcare NHS @berkshealthnhs Cambridge and Peterborough @cpft_nhs Central and north west London @cnwlnhs Coventry and Warwickshire @cwpt_talentforcareteam @cwptt Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and wear @cntw.nhs Derbyshire healthcare NHS Devon partnership @dpt_nhs East London @nhs_elft Hampshire and Isle of Wight @hantsiowhealthcare_nhsft Hertfordshire Partnership @hpft.nhs Kent and Medway @kmpt_nhs Lancashire and South Cumbria @wearelscft Midlands Partnership @mpftnhs North East London NHS @nelft_nhs North Staffordshire Combined health Oxford health @oxford_healthnhs Pennine Care @penninecarenhs Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber @rdashnhs South London and Maudsley @nhs_maudsley Tees Esk and Wear Valleys @tewvnhsft West London @westlondonnhstrust

What is Oxevision?

Bindmans have made written submissions to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on behalf of Hat Porter and Stop Oxevision outlining serious data protection concerns regarding Oxevision use in patient bedrooms. This press release summarises the request for investigation made to the ICO. It does not report any findings by the ICO or any court. ID: screenshot of press release from Bindmans website. Text reads: Bindmans client, Stop Oxevision, seek expedited investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office into Oxevision data protection issues. Bindmans have made written submissions to the Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) on behalf of Hat Porter and Stop Oxevision outlining serious data protection concerns regarding Oxevision use in patient bedrooms. Oxevision is a camera-based patient monitoring system developed and supplied by LIO Health (formerly operating as Oxehealth Limited), a private technology company. The systems are currently used by around 40% of NHS Trusts’ mental health inpatient services. This includes installation in inpatients’ bedrooms, including children’s bedrooms on children and adolescent inpatient wards, and it operates on a continuous, 24-hour recording basis. Contact: Rachel Harger

BBC news Look East Friday 24.04.26 reporting on the findings of a complaint raised by a patient under @eputnhs regarding the use of Oxevision in her treatment. The story also reports an update from the Lampard Inquiry which has announced that it will be considering further evidence on Oxevision in the forthcoming July hearings and will consider making interim recommendations ahead of the final inquiry report. Oxevision was used without Miss B's consent and despite her objections. The health ombudsman found that this was a failing and that EPUT's current policy is still not in line with national guidance. However, we have highlighted that the was EPUT historically and currently use Oxevision is no different to the other trusts that use it and is how it was marketed by the company Oxehealth/LIO. We have written to NHS England to highlight that this indicates a widespread issue and shows failures in national oversight of how technology is being used.

Following an article by @harriepw for @novaramedia we have now shared part one and part two of the timeline of the installation of Oxevision at Oxford Health. You can read it at our website. Our pieces outline how the Trust invested millions in a technology its patients described as ‘creepy’, ‘unsafe’ and ‘spying’. 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. We also consider the initial Oxevision pilot study and express concerns that this was conducted without ethical approval. Ultimately we ask whether the decision to roll out Oxevision - so seemingly irrational and illogical- was motivated, at least in part, by vested interests. Image description: screenshot of stop Oxevision website. There is an image of an oxevision box next to a window. The text above reads: “”Creepy, unsafe and spying”: The installation of Oxevision by Oxford Health NHS Trust part one”. The text below the image reads: “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”

In January the BBC covered a story about the campaign Stop Oxevision and concerns around the use of Oxevision. This is the video from the BBC South West coverage (although there was other national and regional coverage) Oxehealth have now rebranded as LIO Devon partnership @dpt_nhs are now planning to expand use of Oxevision to mental health ward bedrooms (secure wards)

Just some of our concerns that were highlighted in the Lampard Inquiry. Oxevision is a camera installed in patient bedrooms. See our previous post "what is Oxevision" to find out more.

A patient perspective: Oxevision* is retraumatising *now called LIO health ID: An Oxevision unit which is a camera housed in a black and white box is covered with two bits of paper. Written on them is “Oxevision is retraumatising”

In the corporate equivalent of changing your name, putting on a disguise, and moving to the other side of the world Oxehealth (and Oxevision) is now LIO And in a neat PR move, it aligns perfectly with their launch in Australia... This technology has caused (and most likely will continue to cause) so much harm - a shiny new rebrand does nothing but evade accountability.

‘Staff controlled surveillance is not safety’ article featured in the spring issue of Asylum Magazine. Read the full article on the stop oxyvision website /2025/03/25/staff-controlled-surveillance-is-not-safety/ #MentalHealth #Surveillance #SurveillanceCamera

'Oxyvision Eyes' poem by Marcus Ten Low featured in our spring issue. /2025/03/28/oxevision-eyes/

New on the website - what’s it like to be a lived experience professional under Oxevision? “Four weeks I have been under the metaphorical gaze of Oxevision. For something I didn’t grasp entirely until I was here: even when it’s ‘turned off’, it still looms above me.” Check it out on the Lived Experience section on our website! ID: an Oxevision unit on the wall. Text below reads, Reflections from a lived experience professional: from protest lines to being placed under surveillance