What is the Winterbourne View report?
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.
What were the failings at Winterbourne View?
What failings were identified by the report? The report into the events at Winterbourne View Hospital states that “staff routinely mistreated and abused patients” and that “management allowed a culture of abuse to flourish”.
What happened to Winterbourne View patients?
About Winterbourne View Hospital 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. It closed in June 2011 after the Panorama investigation.
What is the Winterbourne scandal?
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 are the factors which have featured in reports into serious cases of abuse and neglect?
Factors which have Featured in Adult Abuse and Neglect
- Poor or a lack of communication between services, including not sharing important information.
- Ineffective partnership working between services.
- Those receiving care and support or their families and friends not being involved in decisions made about their care.
What abuse occurred at Orchid View care home?
A care home where 19 residents died was riddled with “institutionalised abuse”, a coroner has said. Penelope Schofield has ruled neglect contributed to five of the deaths, at Orchid View in Copthorne, near Crawley. The West Sussex coroner said the home, then run by Southern Cross, was “mismanaged and understaffed”.
What went wrong in the Winterbourne case?
The CQC report on Winterbourne View found owners Castlebeck Care had failed to ensure residents living at the unit were adequately protected from risk, including the risks of unsafe practices by its own staff. It said: “There was a systemic failure to protect people or to investigate allegations of abuse.
When were serious case reviews first introduced?
2004
Serious Case Reviews (SCRs) were established under the Children Act (2004) to review cases where a child has died and abuse or neglect is known or suspected.
What is a serious case review in adult safeguarding?
A SAR is completed when: An adult dies as a result of abuse or neglect, whether known or suspected, and there is concern that partner agencies could have worked more effectively to protect the adult.