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Cctv

20 recommendations 30% accepted

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Government Response
Accepted (2)
Accepted in Part (4)
Under Review (1)
Awaiting Response (13)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 2 inquiries

Across 2 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

20 total
R49 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

CCTV in high-risk learning disability settings

Hospital settings for people with learning disabilities and autistic people are very high-risk environments for abuse and poor practice, partly because those admitted tend to show high rates of challenging …

Northern Ireland Executi…
R50 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

CCTV guidelines for residential and day services

Guidelines should be agreed in relation to providing CCTV systems in residential and day services where requested. Guidelines should be agreed by HSCTs, resettlement service providers, families and people with …

Northern Ireland Executi…
R51 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

CCTV in non-public areas only in best interests

The installation of CCTV in non-public areas should be considered only where this will be in the best interests of the individual service user and following full consultation taking the …

Northern Ireland Executi…
R52 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

CCTV policies agreed with staff residents and families

Policies governing the use of CCTV should be agreed only after consultation with staff, residents and their families using the service.

Northern Ireland Executi…
R53 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

CCTV viewing circumstances

Policies should include careful consideration of the circumstances in which the CCTV should be viewed; for example, that it should be viewed when concerns are raised by residents, families or …

Northern Ireland Executi…
R54 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

Independent CCTV viewers

Viewers of the CCTV should be independent of the setting, i.e. not involved in day-to-day care of the residents.

Northern Ireland Executi…
R55 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

External CCTV oversight

Oversight of the CCTV analysis should sit outside the setting in which the CCTV is recording, and should include audits of referrals and outcomes.

Northern Ireland Executi…
R56 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

CCTV referral guidance for police

Policies should include clear guidance and definitions of behaviour and circumstances in which information should be passed to PSNI about possible offences.

Northern Ireland Executi…
R57 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

Regulator access to CCTV

Policies should be clear about the circumstances in which a regulator, such as RQIA, could access the CCTV.

Northern Ireland Executi…
R58 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

CCTV for staff training consideration

Those drafting the policy should consider whether CCTV could ever be used for staff training and, if so, how this would be done.

Northern Ireland Executi…
R59 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

CCTV explained in accessible format

All service users and their families should have the CCTV explained to them in easily understood language and with easy access materials, so that they are aware that it is …

Northern Ireland Executi…
R60 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

Staff CCTV training

All staff should receive training on the reasons for the use of CCTV and the processes for its analysis.

Northern Ireland Executi…
R83 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

RQIA use of CCTV in inspections

The RQIA needs to reconsider whether to make use of CCTV when it is in operation in a service it is inspecting where concerns have been raised.

P1-10 Accepted Fuller Inquiry

Regular CCTV review with swipe card data

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must ensure that footage from the CCTV is reviewed on a regular basis by appropriately trained staff and examined in conjunction with swipe card …

- MTW Trust stated in February 2024 that it had implemented regular review of CCTV footage from the mortuary as part of routine security procedures …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
P1-9 Accepted Fuller Inquiry

CCTV in mortuary including post-mortem room

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must install CCTV cameras in the mortuary, including the post-mortem room, to monitor the security of the deceased and safeguard their privacy and dignity.

- MTW Trust stated in February 2024 that CCTV had been installed in the mortuary covering all areas where the deceased are stored or examined …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
P2-2 Accepted in Part Fuller Inquiry

CCTV in all NHS mortuaries

All NHS trusts should install CCTV inside the mortuary, with cameras facing all doors and access points, the reception area and the doors of body fridges, while maintaining the security …

- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on installing CCTV in all NHS mortuaries was accepted in principle. The government noted that …
NHS England
P2-38 Accepted in Part Fuller Inquiry

Local authority lone working review

Where mortuary staff are permitted to work alone in the mortuary, there should be a review of lone working policies, including consideration of activities involving direct handling of the deceased, …

- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on ending lone working practices in local authority mortuaries was accepted in principle. Full government …
Ministry of Housing, Com…
P2-39 Accepted in Part Fuller Inquiry

Local authority security audits

Routine and regular audits of security must be conducted, encompassing both access to and exit from the mortuary and movement within it, including the post-mortem room. Access data must be …

- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on regular audits of local authority mortuary security was accepted in principle. Full government response …
Ministry of Housing, Com…
P2-43 Accepted in Part Fuller Inquiry

Local authority CCTV installation

CCTV must be installed inside the mortuary facing all doors and access points, the reception area and the doors of all fridges containing deceased people, including where these are accessible …

- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on CCTV in local authority mortuaries was accepted in principle. Full government response due Summer …
Ministry of Housing, Com…
P2-68 Under Consideration Fuller Inquiry

Religious building security for deceased

Where deceased people are in a religious building overnight, measures should be taken to ensure that the building is secure, including, for example, CCTV and secure access control for the …

- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on coroner oversight of mortuary standards was under consideration. Full government response due Summer 2026 …
Department of Health and…