article_snippet: A scandal-hit care home where staff were secretly filmed abusing an elderly dementia patient has banned relatives installing any more hidden cameras.
article_snippet: But now the company which runs The Granary Care Home near Wraxall, north Somerset, has introduced a policy banning covert cameras.
article_snippet: Relatives have been told that any devices found during inspections of rooms will be removed and the footage retained.
article_snippet: Shaw Healthcare says the ban is down to 'legal issues around filming people without people consent'.
article_snippet: Liam Scanlon, head of safeguarding and compliance at Shaw Healthcare, said: 'Shaw Healthcare condones the use of cameras so long as Shaw Healthcare are installed in a way that complies with the Mental Capacity Act and is in the best interest of the service user. '
article_snippet: Given the legal issues around filming people without people consent and the ability of those who may not have the mental capacity to give proper permission for this to take place, we ask relatives and residents to discuss the placement of cameras with we before people do it. '
article_snippet: That way, we can have an open dialogue with the family to address the reasons behind why the family want to place cameras in the service user's room, and also to ensure that when cameras are installed it is done so in a way that complies with UK law, regulation and is in the service user's best interest.'
article_snippet: But families say the policy 'negates the whole purpose' of hidden cameras, which bring families peace of mind.
article_snippet: Now the company which runs The Granary Care Home near Wraxall, north Somerset, (pictured) has introduced a policy banning covert cameras .
article_snippet: Using cameras gives relatives peace of mind relatives relatives are being cared for as relatives should be.'
highlights_snippet: But now the home has introduced a policy banning covert cameras .
  
highlights_snippet: Claims it's due to 'legal issues around filming people without people consent'
  
highlights_snippet: But families say the policy 'negates the whole purpose' of hidden cameras .