Hospital 'abused' vulnerable adults in Durham The abuse and mistreatment of vulnerable adults at a specialist hospital has been uncovered by the BBC's Panorama programme.
Undercover BBC filming shows staff intimidating, mocking and restraining patients with learning disabilities and autism at Whorlton Hall, County Durham.
Experts said the culture was deviant at the privately-run NHS-funded unit with evidence of "psychological torture".
A police investigation has been launched and 16 staff suspended. BBC News
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Undercover BBC filming shows staff intimidating, mocking and restraining patients with learning disabilities and autism at Whorlton Hall, County Durham.
Experts said the culture was deviant at the privately-run NHS-funded unit with evidence of "psychological torture".
A police investigation has been launched and 16 staff suspended. BBC News
See also:
- Undercover hospital abuse scandal (Available until March 2020 on iPlayer) BBC Panorama
- The failings in learning disability services in six charts BBC News
- Hospital staff 'abused' vulnerable patients in Durham, BBC's Panorama reveals BBC News
- Undercover footage shows autistic patients 'tortured' in repeat of Winterbourne View scandal The Daily Telegraph
- Secret filming reveals abuse of disabled and autistic patients The Guardian
- Staff filmed bragging of assaulting and abusing vulnerable patients at care home run by US multinational The Independent
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