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Which the government promised would close years ago. ten years after the bbc�*s panorama programme exposed the mistreatment of patients at winterbourne view private hospital, targets to shut all similar hospitals down have been missed and the latest nhs digital figures show there are 2,040 people still living in such institutions. here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. the images were deeply upsetting. undercover bbc panorama filming showed people with learning disabilities and autism being bullied and abused. that was ten years ago. government promises followed that all place...

Winterbourne view has shut, but today, more than 2,000 people still live in similar institutions. among them, elliott. he was taken to a specialist hospital when he had a crisis. three years later, he's still there, to the distress of his sister. he says, "this is not my home, this is not my hospital. "when am i coming home?" and you're kind of fobbing him off, you can't give him a direct answer to say, "you're coming home in august." because giving him that guarantee and it not happening is difficult. the charity mencap has calculated that since 2015, an average of four people have been admit...

His mother feels let down that government promises to protect others from what simon faced haven't led to enough change. they failed their own targets, and i find that astonishing, because we're talking at the highest possible level of government, and those changes did not happen. people didn't come out of units, and people continued to go in them. norman lamb was the care minister in the coalition government who made the first promise to close specialist hospitals by 2014. unfortunately, i discovered that, as a government minister, you don't have nearly as much power as you would want to effe...

Specialist hospitals by 2014. unfortunately, i discovered - as a government minister you don't have nearly as much power- as you would want to effect change, and i also recognise that it takes time to move institutions and iti requires constant - focus over many years. the government and nhs england say winterbourne view has led to the number of people in specialist hospitals being reduced by a third, and that increasing support in the community is a priority. alison holt, bbc news. more than 5 million people in melbourne, australia�*s second—biggest city, will enter a week—long lockdown...

That should benefit gig economy workers. the gmb union will have the power to represent uk drivers in discussions over earnings, pensions, benefits and their health and wellbeing. campaigners say they fear that people with learning disabilities and autism are still facing abuse in long stay hospitals which the government promised would close years ago. ten years after the bbc�*s panorama programme exposed the mistreatment of patients at winterbourne view private hospital, targets to shut all similar hospitals down have been missed and the latest nhs digital figures show there are 2,040 peopl...