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Support worker Phil Devine described how he felt complicit in Tony Hickmotts neglect and abuse while he worked at the private, low-secure hospital between 2015 and 2017.

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The NHS-run units are designed to be short-term secure placements for people with learning disabilities to receive treatment before moving back into the community.

He shouldnt be here. but he is there. we used to sit and he used to draw sometimes, this house. we used to say, theyre building the roof at the moment. how long does it take to build a roof? he doesnt believe that hes coming home. because its gone on so long? yeah, he doesnt believe it any more. that must break your heart. yeah. its a decade since bbc cameras captured the neglect and abuse of people with learning disabilities in winterbourne view. this event prompted the government to set ambiti...

‘If he'd murdered someone he'd be out now’ - a couple's battle to get their son out of the hospital he's been held in since 2001.

There, a judge said the delays facing tony have been egregious, but the progress made to date has been glacial. the judges told them to get on with it, right, weve only got this limited time. theyre still not doing it. were still fighting over money. the seniorjudge took the unusual step of lifting the anonymity order because she said she had no doubt tonys case was in the public interest and it was clear that a lack of resources had left him detained for so long. tonys care right now is funded ...

Winterbourne view. that prompted the government to set targets to move people into real homes with appropriate support, but those targets have been missed repeatedly. nhs england has yet to respond. ultimately these settings should not exist. - itsjust appalling. the people are not criminals. they have not got - sentences through the criminaljustice process. they are stuck in - servicesjust as people used to be stuck in long stay institutions. - the judge has ordered authorities to finally find ...

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More than a dozen Norfolk people with learning disabilities or autism are in private hospitals, which the author of a scathing report wants to see phased out.

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