'Toxic culture' of abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC secret filming Humiliated, abused and isolated for weeks - patients were put at risk due to a "toxic culture" at one of the UK's biggest mental health hospitals, BBC Panorama can reveal.
An undercover reporter at the Edenfield Centre filmed staff using restraint inappropriately and patients enduring long seclusions in small, bare rooms.
Staff swore at patients and were seen slapping or pinching them on occasion.
Hospital bosses said they have taken immediate action to protect patients. BBC News
See also:
- Undercover Hospital: Patients at Risk BBC Panorama
- Hospital seclusion: ‘I’ve been treated like an animal’ BBC News
- Years of scandal and promises as patients suffer BBC News
- I went undercover to expose abuse at a mental health hospital BBC News
- Police opens investigation into abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC Community care
- Damning investigation uncovers 'toxic culture' at mental health hospital The Daily Mail
- NHS mental health hospital staff filmed ‘mocking and slapping’ patients The Guardian
- NHS trust suspends staff after alleged mistreatment of patients in mental health unit Manchester Evening News
- Response to Panorama Nursing and Midwifery Council
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