NHS Worker Filmed Patient’s Mental Breakdown: Outrage Over Breach of Trust
Julie Trafford, a patient at the Becklin Centre in Leeds, expressed feeling ‘dirty, angry and confused’ after an NHS worker secretly filmed her mental health crisis and shared it in a WhatsApp group. Despite the trust’s apology and acknowledgment of the breach, the staff member remains employed. The Care Quality Commission upheld complaints regarding Trafford’s treatment and has called for the trust to clarify the worker’s role. Mental health charity Sane highlighted growing fears about inpatient psychiatric services in light of this incident.