![]() ![]() a review of serious untoward incident reports from Winterbourne View Hospital.a review of all services provided by the organisation Castlebeck Care (which owned Winterbourne View) as well as an additional inspection of 150 learning disability services and homes across England.evidence from the criminal proceedings of the 11 individuals who were sentenced.The Department of Health’s report drew its conclusions from: The Department of Health’s report follows an earlier investigation by the Care Quality Commission into its own role in the events leading to the abuse of patients at Winterbourne View. This hospital has now been closed and all 11 staff members who abused patients have been sentenced for criminal acts. The documentary, produced by a journalist working undercover and using hidden camera techniques, showed people with challenging behaviour being bullied and physically and emotionally abused by staff at the Winterbourne View Hospital. The report is a response to a BBC Panorama television documentary that aired in May 2011 and raised alarm over the care of patients at a private hospital in Bristol. Transforming care: a national response to Winterbourne View Hospital was commissioned by the Department of Health in England. The report says it aims to transform services so that vulnerable people, such as those with learning difficulties, mental health conditions and challenging behaviour, are cared for in line with best practice and that abuse is prevented from happening again. better accountability is needed – this may require new laws that make directors of private organisations criminally negligent for serious failures of care that occur under their management.the programme of unannounced inspections of facilities needs to be expanded.an unacceptably high number of people with learning disabilities and autism are being kept in hospital facilities on a long-term basis – and people who are kept inappropriately in hospital should be transferred to community-based care by June 2014.In light of the findings of the report, a programme of action has been set out. ![]()
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