Assignment 204 Task B Winterbourne View is one of the most known cases of failures to protect individuals from abuse, it was a hospital where alleged abuse was filmed by the BBC. The review was ordered after BBC Panorama filmed patients being physically abused, it was stated that the BBC had recordings of patients being pinned down, slapped and taunted. The Care Quality Commission report on Winterbourne View found owners Castlebeck Care had failed to protect residents living at the unit were protected from risk, this included the risks of unsafe practises by its own staff. It was said “There was a systemic failure to protect people or to investigate allegations of abuse”, also “The provider had failed in its legal duty to notify the Care Quality Commission of serious incidents including injuries to patients or occasions when they had gone missing” Inspectors also noted staff did not appear to understand the needs of the people in their care. The Care Quality Commission director of operations Amanda Sherlock explained that once the investigation had been followed, it was clear the abuse in Winterbourne View was far worse than they were warned.
June 20 , 2001 Andrea Yates shocked a nation as news stations aired stories proclaiming that she had taken the lives of her five children .As details unfolded over the next few months and stories would surface that revealed Mrs . Yates had a long history of mental illness . Numerous people have admitted guilt , expressing their shame and apologies for assuming the children were safe . Opinions of many believe that Russell Yates simply looked the other way , allowing his wife to have control and ultimately end the lives of his children . His character was consistently scrutinized over the course of the trial , only to be defended by family members .
Task D In May 2011 BBC Panorama aired a program called “Undercover Care”. The program showed the unmanaged staff at Winterbourne View hospital mistreating and assaulting adults with learning disabilities and autism. The program caused up roar in society, people who watched it were left feeling angry, disgusted and shocked with how the staff had being treating service users. Winterbourne View was a hospital in south Gloucestershire for people with learning disabilities and autism whose behaviour sometimes made their health professionals and families worry. Winterbourne View hospital was put in place to help to assess and treat patients so that they could lead ordinary lives in their own homes.
Research on reports and concerns on failures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse… Winterbourne View hospital abuse A private hospital in Hambrook in England operated by Castleback was physically and psychologically abusing people with learning disabilities. The 24 bed hospital was providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for people with learning disabilities and autism. Thanks to hidden camera was this dreadful hospital shut and all 11 staff members who abused patients were sentenced for criminal acts. 6 have been sent into the prison. Abuse: An undercover reporter recorded secret footage of patients being abused by carers.
Eight workers at other Kaiser hospitals and the chain’s regional office were among those implicated, said Kathleen Billingsley, deputy director of the Public Health Department’s Center for Health Care Quality. Ornstein (2009). The steps Kaiser took to protect Suleman’s privacy were not aggressive enough. Kaiser workers were still being investigated by the California Office of Health Information Integrity, which will decide whether individual penalties will be imposed. Kaiser told the public health agency on Feb. 5 that two employees inappropriately accessed the records of Suleman, who gave birth on Jan. 26 to the world’s only surviving octuplets, according to a Public Health Department report issued Thursday.
Care Home Abuse Probe Police are investigating a nursing home following complaints that elderly residents have been bruised, left filthy and robbed. Officials launched a probe into the operation of 64-bed Honeymead Care Home after families of two residents reported bruises on their loved ones’ skin and poor levels of hygiene. They are also scrutinising allegations that jewellery, including rings and necklaces, was stolen from residents at the £595-a-week care facility in Bedminster, Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police confirmed today that they had launched an investigation into the allegations and promised to take them ‘extremely seriously’. A police spokesman said: ‘Officers from our Public Protection Unit are aware of these incidents and full investigations are underway to
CU298P/ CT298 Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care 3.3 Identify reports into serious failures to protect individuals from abuse. 1) There was a “systemic failure to protect people” by the owners of a Bristol hospital at the centre of abuse allegations involving vulnerable adults, care watchdogs have said. The Care Quality Commission has published its findings following an inspection of services provided At Winterbourne View, owned by Castlebeck Care Ltd, in Bristol. The report comes after the BBC’s Panorama filmed patients being pinned down, slapped, doused in cold water and repeatedly taunted and teased despite warnings by whistle blower Terry Bryan. Mr Bryan, a senior nurse, had alerted the care home’s management and the CQC on several occasions, but his concerns failed to be followed up.
Other care workers were also allegedly caught on film mistreating Mrs Worroll, though they are not said to have physically assaulted her. Police and Camden Council have launched separate inquiries into the claims which a local councillor described as "very disturbing". A 30-year-old care worker has been arrested by police and four others have been suspended after officials viewed the camera footage. 1.3 Describe how issues of public concern have altered public views of the sector She has been moved to another care home , where they have CCTV. 1.4 Describe recent changes in service delivery which have affected own area of work Councilor Patricia Callaghan of Camden council said: "The
Patients also made formal complaints, due to contracting C-diff, E-coli, Mrsa and severe pressure sores. This was in July 2004. One of the patients nurses tried to raise an alarm to the head of the department, and was told the lack of staff and equipment was a temporary measure as they were trying to achieve foundation status and once granted the situation would improve, patients felt afraid to speak to their nurses regarding basic human rights such as a drink of water or going to the bathroom and they were even ridiculed about receiving medication. One visitor witnessed patients drinking out of flower vase, how “filthy the wards and toilets were and the chaos the wards were in” when this was reported; again the person was made to feel this was an isolated incident. Little did they know that the person was a senior social worker and in 2008 had been busy making reports to the health service regulators, and the health care commission in 2012, they were shocked at the findings they uncovered an extra 400 deaths between 2005-2008 and made over 290 recommendations.
The BBC's Undercover Care into Castlebeck's Winterbourne View In may 2011 the BBC's television program Panorama broadcasted a program, called undercover care, which would disgust and sicken the United Kingdom. The BBC sent an undercover reporter into Winterbourne, after they were approached by a former senior nurse (Terry Bryan) who was concerned about some of the hospitals support workers. After he had complained ( also known as whistle blowing) to his managers at Winterbourne view and to the local Care Quality Commission (CQC), but his complaint was never taken further by either party. Winterbourne View is a private hospital, situated in Bristol in the South of the country. In the private hospital, which apparently charges up to £3,500 per week to care for their patients, the care for people who suffer with learning disabilities and autism, which means their behaviour, can be to challenging at times to have them at home.