Whether the oversight of commissioners by NHS England and the CQC fit for purpose. Whether the inspection and regulatory framework for these types of services was working, given that, despite whistleblowing concerns, the abuse was not identified. Whether the behaviour revealed was criminal. That Durham Constabulary opened an inquiry into the abuse earlier this month.ĭinenage said that the following questions needed to be answered:. An incident co-ordination team had been established including Durham Council, the local clinical commissioning group, NHS England, NHS Improvement and the CQC’s regional head of inspection. That, while the hospital was open, safe staffing levels were maintained following the suspension of “a significant number of staff”. She set out the actions had been taken after the government, NHS England, the CQC and Cygnet were informed about the programme’s revelations: She apologised, “on behalf of the health and care system”, to victims of the abuse and their families. “The actions revealed by this programme are quite simply appalling…and I absolutely condemn any abuse of this kind, completely and utterly,” said Caroline Dinenage, the current minister, in response. Last week, the government was called upon by former care minister Norman Lamb to give its response. However, currently there are an estimated 2,245 patients in such hospitals – a figure NHS England is aiming to halve – and, as this week’s Care Quality Commission review into long-term segregation of adults and children in hospital revealed – many are experiencing poor care and environments. This led to a government programme, Transforming Care, to end all inappropriate placements in hospital for people with learning disabilities or autism by 2014, through their replacement with effective community support. The reaction to the programme was all the greater because it came eight years after a similar Panorama documentary revealed abuse at Winterbourne View, a learning disability hospital near Bristol. The CQC, which last inspected Whorlton Hall in March 2018 and rated it as ‘good’ in 2017, has apologised for failing to uncover the abuse on its last visit. The hospital, run by Cygnet Healthcare, who acquired the previous provider, The Danshell Group, last year, is now closed, and patients have been moved to other services. 
We showed her family undercover footage of care workers mistreating her. She’s 20, autistic and has been at Whorlton Hall for nearly a year. The programme depicted abusive behaviour towards people including of Alex, a 20-year-old woman with autism who had been at Whorlton Hall for nearly a year. Last week’s BBC Panorama programme provoked fury among service users, families and practitioners directed at government, commissioners, providers and the regulator. Police said they would seek cooperation of the BBC Panorama production team in gathering further evidence. Sixteen staff had been suspended by the hospital after the programme first aired last Tuesday. Police said arrests were made at addresses in the areas of Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Darlington and Stockton on Friday 24 May, with the staff questioned about offences relating to abuse and neglect. Ten staff members at a learning disability hospital have been arrested after a BBC Panorama programme showed footage of staff appearing to mistreat patients.įollowing an investigation into alleged abuse of patients at Whorlton Hill psychiatric hospital, Durham constabulary confirmed it had arrested seven men and three women in connection with the undercover recording, which showed carers being violent towards patients.
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