What was the outcome of Winterbourne View?

What was the outcome of Winterbourne View?

The Winterbourne View scandal, exposed by the Panorama programme, shocked the nation. It led to the Government pledge to move all people with learning disabilities and/or autism inappropriately placed in such institutions into community care by June this year.

Was Winterbourne View a hospital?

Opened in December 2006, Winterbourne View was a private hospital owned and operated by Castlebeck Care Limited. It was designed to accommodate 24 patients in two separate wards, and was registered as a hospital providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for people with learning disabilities.

What went wrong Winterbourne hospital?

Four people are arrested after BBC Panorama revealed a pattern of serious abuse at the Winterbourne View private hospital near Bristol. The programme set up undercover filming after it was approached by former nurse Terry Bryan. Hospital’s owners Castlebeck, apologised and suspended 13 employees.

What is the Transforming Care Act?

Transforming care is all about improving health and care services so that more people with a learning disability and/or autistic people can live in the community, with the right support, and close to home. This means that fewer people will need to go into hospital for their care.

What happened at Winterbourne hospital?

1 June 2011 Four people are arrested after BBC Panorama revealed a pattern of serious abuse at the Winterbourne View private hospital near Bristol. The programme set up undercover filming after it was approached by former nurse Terry Bryan. Hospital’s owners Castlebeck, apologised and suspended 13 employees.

What happened at Winterbourne View care home?

It was the programme that shocked the nation. BBC One’s Panorama showed patients at a residential care home near Bristol, being slapped and restrained under chairs, having their hair pulled and being held down as medication was forced into their mouths.