Piloting the use of Body-worn Camera Devices within the Emergency Department
Nursing staff at Antrim Area Hospital are to take part in a pilot to trial the use of body-worn cameras within the hospital’s Emergency Department.
Following a public consultation on the proposal, the Board of the Northern Health and Social Care Trust gave the go-ahead for the 12-week trial to start in September 2025.
The aim of the pilot is to help reduce the number of incidences of violence and aggression towards healthcare staff, and enhance safety for patients.
Consultation documents
The thematic analysis of all the consultation feedback received and Trust responses are set out in the Consultation Feedback Report.
Letter from our Chief Executive (PDF)
This document details why we would like to pilot the use of body worn cameras to protect staff and safeguard our patients.
Other formats: Consultation document (Easy Read), Consultation document (PDF)
In keeping with the commitments in our Equality Scheme, we have carried out an Equality Impact Assessment of this proposal.
Equality Impact Assessment (PDF)
We have also carried out a Data Protection Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA).
Data Protection Privacy Impact Assessment (PDF)
Frequently Asked Questions (HTML)
Alternative Formats
If you have any queries about the consultation documents, and their availability in alternative formats (including Braille, disk, audio and minority languages) then please contact the Equality Unit on equality.unit@northerntrust.hscni.net or telephone 028 2766 1377.
This document can be made available in minority ethnic languages, on request, to meet the needs of those not fluent in English.
Polish: Aby wyjść naprzeciw potrzebom osób, które nie mówią biegle po angielsku, ten Plan Działania może być udostępniony w językach mniejszości etnicznych na życzenie.
Lithuanian: Šis veiksmų Planas pareikalavus gali būti pateiktas tautiniu mažumu kalbomis, kad atitiktų sklandžiai nemokančių anglų kalbos poreikius.
Portuguese: O Plano de Ação está disponível, à pedido, em outras línguas, para atender às necessidades das pessoas que não são fluentes na língua Inglesa.
Tetum: Aksaun Planu ida né,se bele fo ou halo iha liafuan etnika minoria sira nian, nebe bele husu, para bele ajuda ba ema sira nebe la hatene koalia lian Inglés.
Latvian: Šis darbības plāns var būt pieejams mazākumtautību valodās pēc pieprasījuma, lai palīdzētu tiem, kam ir nepietiekamas angļu valodas zināšanas.
Russian: Сейчас план проводимой работы может быть доступен так же на языках этнических меньшинств, по просьбе тех, кто не владеет свободно английским языком.
Czech: ‘Aby byly uspokojeny potřeby těch, kteří nemluví plynule anglicky, je možné tento návrh Akčního plánu na požádání poskytnout v jazycích etnických menšin.’
Slovak: Tento Akčný Plán môže byť na požiadanie dostupný v jazykoch národnostných menšín z dôvodu zabezpečenia potrieb tých, ktorí nie sú spôsobilí mu porozumieť v angličtine.
Chinese (Cantonese): 這行動計劃草案將會根據需求被翻譯成各種小數族裔語言去迎合那些英語不流利的人士的需要。
