El centro de salud mental NHS Foundation Trust crea un entorno seguro con un sistema de videovigilancia IP

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has installed, in the 19 mental health units that make up the institution, an IP video surveillance system, based on Samsung Techwin WiseNetlll cameras. The objective is to reinforce security and monitor patient activity.

La NHS Foundation Trust, which currently serves more than 40.000 people with mental health problems, offers various specialized services, a Norfolk y Suffolk, for the care and recovery of people with mental health problems or drug dependence.

Although mental health units are safe, most allow patients to move freely. For this reason, The NHS Foundation Trust has looked to advances in video surveillance technology to strengthen the institution's security systems to alert and support nursing staff so they can react quickly to any issues that may arise..

“We are committed to the Safewards initiative, whose main objective is to reduce the number of conflicts in mental health hospitalization centers. The use of smart technology, such as video surveillance systems based on IP networks, “They play a great role in achieving this goal.”, affirms Mark Milliard, Capital Projects Manager en la NHS Foundation Trust de Norfolk y Suffolk.

Mark, who has worked in the NHS since 1986, In recent years, he has supervised the migration of the analog video surveillance systems of the national health system to IP solutions..

“The analog systems that were installed years ago were increasingly less reliable and we made the decision to update them to systems based on IP networks.. One of the main advantages of transmitting images over a network is the possibility that authorized users can view live or recorded images from any of the cameras from their computer.. This gave us greater flexibility to monitor the activity of mental health units compared to analogue CCTV systems., that they could only transmit the images they captured to a central location”.

Besides, how the National Health System is obliged to obtain the maximum profitability of its investments in new technologies, A bidding process was initiated for installation companies to present their proposals to install and maintain video surveillance systems in each of the 19 units that make up the center.

Migration to IP with WiseNetlll

“The logical thing was to acquire the cameras from a single manufacturer and, besides, to offer continuous maintenance, it was necessary to reduce camera models to a minimum. We needed a solution that would respond to our needs, while offering us the added value we were looking for: a proven reputation for reliability and cameras with advanced technical features that allow you to capture and monitor high definition images, regardless of its location or environmental conditions.”, Mark clarifies..

The option chosen for this project was WiseNetlll cameras from Samsung Techwin, for its image quality and the possibility that each team, depending on your location, can be set to broadcast

The project required the installation of cameras that covered the interior and exterior areas of the 19 mental health units and it was decided to do so with the SNV-6084R models, SNO-6084R y SNV-6012.

The first is a Full HD network vandal-resistant minidome system. 2 megapixels, with integrated infrared LEDs to capture images regardless of lighting conditions. The SNO-6084R is a bullet camera, weather resistant that is equipped with a motorized varifocal lens and integrates infrared LEDs. The third model, el SNV-6012, It is a Full HD anti-vandal mini dome. 2 megapixels.