Winterbourne View Case Study
Winterbourne view care home
The care staff of winterbourne view were caught abusing their clients over a long period of time, the 11 defendants – 9 support works and two nurses committed 38 charges of neglect or ill-treatment of 5 people with severe learning difficulties. They were filmed Slapping extremely vulnerable residents, soaking them in water, trapping them under chairs, taunting and swearing at them, pulling their hair and poking their eyes. Whistle-blower Terry Bryan, a former nurse at the care home, contacted the BBC after his warnings were ignored by Castle beck Ltd, which owned the hospital and care watchdogs. The judge condemned Castle beck for the way Winterbourne view was run. All the staff involved were sentenced to time
The care staff of winterbourne view were caught abusing their clients over a long period of time, the 11 defendants – 9 support works and two nurses committed 38 charges of neglect or ill-treatment of 5 people with severe learning difficulties. They were filmed Slapping extremely vulnerable residents, soaking them in water, trapping them under chairs, taunting and swearing at them, pulling their hair and poking their eyes. Whistle-blower Terry Bryan, a former nurse at the care home, contacted the BBC after his warnings were ignored by Castle beck Ltd, which owned the hospital and care watchdogs. The judge condemned Castle beck for the way Winterbourne view was run. All the staff involved were sentenced to time