| 150-camera installation helps protect over one million staff and visitors |
| Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has created the largest MOBOTIX all digital, hi-res CCTV system within any NHS facility to help protect over one million people. The solution designed and implemented by Check Your Security (CYS), a MOBOTIX Advanced Partner, replaces an aging analogue system and is part of a highly integrated platform including, barrier entry help in number plate recognition and VoIP based help points across the 87,770m2 campus. |
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The legacy CCTV system was old and offered poor image quality, especially at night, hampering the accurate identification and safety of over a million staff, patients and visitors who use the hospital every year. As the hospital is in operation 24/7, 365 days a year, there are always people on site, so the trust looks at CCTV in a totally different way to most commercial enterprises. Rather than being installed for the prime protection of “property”, its primary focus was on the protection of “people” and includes surveillance across the full perimeter, all entry and exit points for both |
| vehicle and foot traffic, as well as key transit points to ensure their safety and wellbeing. The 18-month project was completed in stages – initial parts have been operational across the site without any issues for seven months. Kevin Chinnery, head of security at the trust, said: “We were impressed by MOBOTIX’s camera system with its 3 megapixel images two-way audio, PoE capability, low light performance and ability to work in any environment without the need for a housing, heaters or fans. The addition of a full surveillance software suite included with the product was also a significant cost saving for us.” In respect to implementation, Kevin added: “Check Your Security was chosen because of their clear, concise and unbiased representation of the products they put forward. On our site visits, we saw examples of how they had helped other organisations with very similar requirements, and they came highly recommended.” The project goes beyond simple CCTV surveillance and CYS has integrated MOBOTIX cameras into the Help Point voice call system, vehicle barriers and door access control systems to reduce the management overheads for site security staff. With no moving parts within the cameras and a completely digital capture and storage system, the trust is also anticipating a significant increase in reliability of the CCTV system. Kevin explained: “The quality of our CCTV is also reducing some of our insurance costs, especially around our car parking which has been awarded Park Mark status.” With a 25-strong site security team, the CCTV also needed to be easily accessible and able to deliver evidential quality images. To meet this need, CYS created integrated sitemaps to instantly pull up all cameras in an incident area at the touch of a button. For further information call Mobotix on 0844 800-0657 or email uk-sales@mobotix.com |
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