According to the BBC hospitals in the UK could soon be allowing the use of mobile phones after the government admitted a ban was unjustified.
In an investigation last year it was proved that mobile phones don’t cause any problems and another report confirmed it in the US this week.
Health minister Andy Burnham admitted:
As technology has moved on it is right that we update our guidance on mobile phones to reflect that.
We recognise that patients and staff should be able to use mobile phones, where it is appropriate to do so and subject to medical and privacy considerations.
I see no reason for trusts to have an outright ban on mobile phones – especially in communal areas – and our updated guidance will make that clear, although, NHS Trusts are responsible for formulating their own policy on mobile phone usage.
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Larry Edwards 10.13.08 at 3:06 pm
Why are any mobiles allowed on wards anyway. Not only can they distract staff, but patients also run the risk of being filmed when they are at their most vulnerable.
Only last week I went to visit my nanna in hospital and saw a youth messing about with his phone and making everyone on the ward extremely uncomfortable.
Hospitals are just not a place for such gadgets.