![]() In 2019, another BBC Panorama investigation unveiled a catalogue of human rights abuses at Whorlton Hall Hospital in County Durham. Most shockingly, there have been several high-profile examples since Winterbourne View of similar abuse being perpetrated in inpatient settings. ![]() Nearly all of the services visited by the CQC were found to use some form of restrictive practice (restraint, seclusion or segregation). In October 2020, a CQC report on the use of restrictive practices in the care of learning disabled, autistic and mentally ill patients concluded that majority of hospitals where learning disabled and/or autistic people were treated were “not therapeutic environments”. The data on restrictive interventions is not complete and therefore the actual figure is likely to be much higher. 405 patients were reportedly restrained at least once during this month alone. ![]() 1,195 (59 per cent) of these have had a total inpatient stay of over two years. The NHS Long Term plan has now extended the Transforming Care target of 35-50 per cent reduction in inpatients with learning disabilities and/ or autism to 2023/24.Īccording to the latest available data, there were 2,040 patients with learning disabilities and/or autism in inpatient settings as of April 2021. As such, NHSE moved the target of a 35 per cent reduction in inpatient beds to March 2020 but, yet again, the deadline was missed. Once more, however, this target was not met. The objective was to reduce the number of inpatient beds for people with a learning disability and/or autism by 35-50 per cent and to ensure the right community support was developed, across England, by March 2019. ![]() However, this deadline was missed and, in October 2015, NHS England (NHSE) instead committed to leading a three-year closure programme called ‘Building the Right Support’. As a result, the Government promised to “ transform care” by June 2014 for people with a learning disability and/or autism who display challenging behaviour. The Panorama documentary sparked a national outcry and widespread calls for urgent reform of the way patients with learning disabilities and autism were treated in inpatient settings. The sentencing judge found there was a “culture of cruelty” at the care home. What has happened since Winterbourne View?įollowing the Winterbourne View scandal, 11 staff members were prosecuted and six were jailed. Their letter emphasises that, tragically, the families are far from alone as countless others have experienced similar trauma in the decade since Winterbourne View was closed.Īs our downloadable timeline shows, the 10 years since Winterbourne View have been characterised by repeated human rights failures for people with learning disabilities and autism. In recent weeks, families of many of the victims of this abuse have written to the Prime Minister to demand better care for adults with learning disabilities. Footage filmed by an undercover journalist showed patients being subjected to physical assaults, unlawful restraints and taunting by numerous staff. Last month marked ten years since BBC Panorama revealed appalling abuse of people with learning disabilities and autism at the Winterbourne View Hospital near Bristol. ![]()
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