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Hi Mike, Strictly prohibited in our service. Forms part of the patient record with all the Caldicott implications. Very unlikely to get any sort of meaningful consent from patients given the emergency nature of the consultation - may be scope with GP/OOH type work. GMC have guidance on electronic taping of consultations on their website, as I recall. Think there are also legitimate staff concerns about whether such material could be subpoenaed in court with regard to labour relations. My personal opinion is that usefulness is far outweighed by all the cons - the advantage is that it can disprove the patient whose versions of a consultation varies from the para's recall - the courts being more likely to take the patient's version of events. Thought-provoking though, esp. as we are considering how to best modify our training in view of evolving mary care focus of work. Cheers A In message <006601c4ce24$7d0c9e60$3a74353e@Souix> Michael Bjarkoy <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Hello > > GP practices have for many years taken videos of patient consultations. It > has also been done in A&E depts. These are used for educational purposes - > to analyse approaches to consultaions, transactional anaysis, addressing > patient hidden needs etc. > > I understand the need to obtaining consent from the patient and respect of > patient confidentiallity has a great part in video taping patients, but this > is not the area I wanted to focus on. I wanted to ask soemthing slightly > different.... > > I want to address the issues surrounding consent from the NHS institution > where one works - in my case the ambulance service, to allow the > practitioner tothe authorisation to ask patients for permission to gain > consent to tape for 'peer driven quality improvement programmes' (PDQI). > > In my experiance most patients dont have a problem with being video taped, > the problem I see is getting over the hurdle of the NHS dept to allow the > practitioner the authorisation to ask for patient consent in the first > place. > > Your views surrounding this subject is welsome but I am really asking if > anyone has addressed this issue successfully within their own dept and how > did you overcome the challenges that faced you. > > Thanks > Mike Bjarkoy > Paramedic Emergency Care Practitioner > Cornwall > > > > --- This message has been thoroughly scanned by and is certified virus free by MacAce.net. --- avgxmacgbh