Guidelines over staff behaviour in the BBC's New Broadcasting House newsroom have led to the NUJ lodging a complaint.
The newsroom forms a live backdrop to the BBC TV news bulletins.
The Telegraph reports that paramedics were prevented from entering the “goldfish bowl” newsroom when a journalist was taken ill because their high-visibility jackets would have been seen by BBC News channel viewers.
The National Union of Journalists has lodged a complaint with the BBC over the incident.
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But according to a BBC source, paramedics were allowed to enter the newsroom to treat a member of staff. In a separate incident, another journalist was taken ill but was treated away from the newsroom.
A spokesperson for the corporation said there was no ban on medical staff attending to patients in the newsroom. The spokesperson added that the guidance on staff behaviour did not constitute a set of rules, although wearing high-vis clothing, and gathering together or eating behind live shots “was discouraged”.
The guidance was issued to all staff working at New Broadcasting House when it was opened in March.
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The Telegraph further claims that staff have been deployed to monitor what appear on screens or to instruct colleagues how to behave when the cameras are rolling.
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