In response to Winterbourne View, the government pledged to transform care to ensure that people with intellectual disability and/or autism live in homes, not hospitals. Winterbourne View and the subsequent exposure of abuse at the privately run but NHS funded Whorlton Hall are echoes of the shameful mistreatment of patients at Ely Hospital reported back in 1969, which begs the question, how many more scandals will it take for things to change? This month also marks the 10 th anniversary of the broadcast of an undercover BBC documentary revealing shocking scenes at Winterbourne View, a private hospital where service users with intellectual disability and/or autism were subjected to neglect and verbal and physical abuse by staff paid to care for them. Sadly, this remains a distant dream for many people with a learning disability (also known as intellectual disability) and/or autism, who are forced to live apart from wider society. It does not store any personal data.Many people with intellectual disability and/or autism still remain warehoused in inpatient units that they do not need to be in while their lives tick past, says Keri-Michèle Lodgeįor people in England, May 2021 has brought a welcome step towards “normal” life, with many of us enjoying the greater freedoms to see our families and friends, and to do the things we enjoy in the community. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
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He pointed to a Panorama investigation two years ago into Whorlton Hall, in County Durham, as evidence that abuse continues. Steve added that one official report after another had resulted in little more than “words on a piece of paper”. He said Winterbourne staff restrained Sam, who has Down syndrome, between 45 and 46 times in a six-month period. Steve Sollars’ son Sam, now 32, was a resident of the now-closed Winterbourne View.ĭriving instructor Steve, 58, from Bristol, said long-stay hospitals are “not needed”. Winterbourne View: scene of the scandal that brought long-stay hospital abuse to pubic attention Long-stay hospitals ‘not needed’
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