Children's Hospital to purchase CCTV cameras with facial-recognition capacity

A spokesperson has said that 3% of all the CCTV cameras will have the features installed and that how, or whether, they will be used has not been decided.

The National Children's Hospital has said it is purchasing cameras capable of facial recognition and storing the images.

The technology is similar to a system used in China for surveillance. It can count how many people are in a room, analyse people's faces and keep up to date with their movements within the facility.