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A LAW firm is investigating the care of an autistic man who has been detained in a County Durham mental health hospital for three years.

TEN years on from the exposure of a major hospital abuse scandal, families of the survivors have described the trauma still being felt by victims.

Winterbourne View lessons have not been learned 10 years on Margaret Flynn and Vic Citarella lament that their report on care home abuse in 2011 has not brought necessary change Winterbourne View residential hospital, which featured in the BBC’s Panorama report in 2011. Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA Winterbourne View residential hospital, which featured in the BBC’s Panorama report in 2011. Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA Letters Thu 27 May 2021 13.13 EDT Last modified on Thu 27 May 2021 13.36 ED...

An investigation showed patients being violently restrained, forced under cold showers as punishment and one having mouthwash poured into her eyes.

Ten years have passed since a BBC Panorama investigation exposed the shocking scale of abuse suffered by residents of Winterbourne View Hospital. Footage showed patients violently restrained, pinned under chairs, forced under cold showers as punishment, and even one woman who had mouthwash poured into her eyes. Simon - whose mother Ann Earley lives in the Devizes area - was relentlessly bullied by staff members during his time at the now closed assessment and treatment unit near Hambro...

Father pays emotional tribute to murdered son Police warning over planned vigil event Edgars Buncis and his son Roberts. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police The father of a 12-year-old boy murdered near Boston has paid an emotional tribute to his son and said he does not want “any other family to go through what I have”. The body of Roberts Buncis was found in a common area at the rear of Alcorn Green in Fishtoft during the morning of Saturday, December 12. A total of three teenage males were arre...

Long Leys Court in Lincoln. | Photo: Google Street View Adults with learning disabilities at the now closed Long Leys Court in Lincoln were let down by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, with a new report highlighting “abuse and neglect”. A 69-year-old, who was a patient at Long Leys Court, died in hospital on June 8, 2015 after the facility was closed temporarily for a police investigation due to three “serious incidents”. Patients were transferred to other places or discha...