Secret filming reveals abuse of disabled & autistic patients
Discussion
8 years ago Panorama exposed the terrible abuse going on at a hospital for vulnerable adults on the outskirts of Bristol (Winterbourne View). The then PM, David Cameron, promised that lessons would be learned and the mistreatment of patients would never happen again.
Yet here we are. Wonder how widespread such mistreatment is?
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48367071
Yet here we are. Wonder how widespread such mistreatment is?
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48367071
CQC apparently did not ‘pick up on it’
I’m sure lessons will have been learned and they shall carry on regardless with ‘not fit for purpose’ staff,
I have a very close connection with a CQC inspector, they started with care homes, the care homes on the patch were appalled, how dare someone come in and do their job and in many cases haul them over the coals.
After all they were used to a much easier life when previous inspectors called, straight in the office for tea and biscuits while the staff hid everything
I’m sure lessons will have been learned and they shall carry on regardless with ‘not fit for purpose’ staff,
I have a very close connection with a CQC inspector, they started with care homes, the care homes on the patch were appalled, how dare someone come in and do their job and in many cases haul them over the coals.
After all they were used to a much easier life when previous inspectors called, straight in the office for tea and biscuits while the staff hid everything
Its no excuse but there has been a huge increase in demand for adult care and many of the places I know are reliant on inexperienced and largely untrained staff. Ultimately its going to come down to money, having the right facilities in the right places with enough trained staff and decent management.
As far as I have experienced, its a very expensive and growing need that is really not being addressed as well as it should.
As far as I have experienced, its a very expensive and growing need that is really not being addressed as well as it should.
Did these guys go in blindfolded?
bbc said:
Whorlton Hall hospital had at least 100 visits by official agencies in the year before abuse of inpatients there was discovered, the BBC has learned.
Inspectors, council officials and NHS staff all visited the County Durham unit - sometimes in teams of two or three over the course of several days.
But the scale of mistreatment of people there with learning disabilities and autism was not spotted
linkInspectors, council officials and NHS staff all visited the County Durham unit - sometimes in teams of two or three over the course of several days.
But the scale of mistreatment of people there with learning disabilities and autism was not spotted
BlackLabel said:
The guys I saw in the film will be similar to those who got secretly filmed mistreating young offenders.They're not stupid, and will simply behave themselves whilst an inspector is in town.
Just the same as me riding at the speed limit whenever a police car is around. (What they need is obviously unmarked inspectors
)The patients..well they're probably unable or unwilling to tell an inspector in case of repercussions or the risk of not being believed.
Whether the NHS is the institution to ride to the rescue? And fight off the nasty private sector
Hmm, not sure making this a political issue will solve it. Human nature is human nature. Outsource, insource..It's a distraction that won't fix the underlying problems, and the nhs has plenty of mistreatment skeletons in its many closets.
Poor show on the government for not acting (similar to grenfell, but luckily not nearly as bad) but as ever: the list of priorities outstrips the desire to fund them
Cygnet Healthcare who operated Whorlton Hall also run the Yew Trees unit in Essex.
“ The private company that ran an NHS learning disability hospital hit by revelations of staff abuse of vulnerable patients had been under scrutiny from the authorities over safety and safeguarding issues for months, it has emerged.
A catalogue of physical and emotional abuses of patients at the women-only Yew Trees unit in Essex was revealed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on Wednesday after an inspection triggered by CCTV footage of staff mistreating patients.
A CQC report said its inspectors had witnessed “abusive, disrespectful, intimidating, aggressive and inappropriate behaviour” by staff towards patients, including kicking, slapping and shoving, as well as failure to follow restraint guidelines.”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/24/es...
“ The private company that ran an NHS learning disability hospital hit by revelations of staff abuse of vulnerable patients had been under scrutiny from the authorities over safety and safeguarding issues for months, it has emerged.
A catalogue of physical and emotional abuses of patients at the women-only Yew Trees unit in Essex was revealed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on Wednesday after an inspection triggered by CCTV footage of staff mistreating patients.
A CQC report said its inspectors had witnessed “abusive, disrespectful, intimidating, aggressive and inappropriate behaviour” by staff towards patients, including kicking, slapping and shoving, as well as failure to follow restraint guidelines.”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/24/es...
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