Many doctors in UK are angry because of people filming them on their smartphones. The Society of Radiographers (SoR), medical organization in UK, said patients are secretly using their phones to film their hospital visits and talks with doctors. videos are then posted on social media sites. The SoR has called for ban on video recording in hospitals and clinics. Dean Rogers, director of industrial strategy, said this was problem that affected many health workers. He said there could also be privacy concerns for other people. He told reporters: "As healthcare professionals, we need to think: Does that recording breach confidentiality of other patients?"
Medical staff and hospital workers say they are worried about videos. They do not want to have videos of them uploaded on social media. Ashley d'Aquino, therapeutic radiographer and union worker, spoke about this problem. She said: "We had member of staff who agreed to take photos for patient, but when the patient handed over her phone, member of staff saw that patient had also been [secretly] recording her, to publish on cancer blog." She added: "We wear name badges, so our names will be visible in any video. It makes people feel very uncomfortable and anxious." Putting material online also risks making public private medical data of patients.
