Abuse of vulnerable people at County Durham hospital.

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Learning disability services are in crisis all over the country. People are treated like prisoners, have "privileges" removed and are isolated, excessively physically restrained and detained in hospitals for literally years for being unwell because the funding and expertise to support them in the community just isn't there. Support staff that are fundamental to supporting people to develop independence and skills whilst overcoming challenging behaviour are paid less than staff at Aldi or Tesco's and private hospitals charge up to 5000 pounds a week claiming to provide specialist care. It's a f***ing scandal that eight years on from Winterbourne view next to nothing has changed, even more scandalous when there are small, independent not for profit organisations that do have the skills to support incredibly complex individuals in the community for less with better outcomes but no one learns from their good practice.
 
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Saw a bit of the piece on the news, they took an I pod off someone, hardly seems news worthy. Unless there's worse to come on panorama.
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It's been closed down and boarded up this afternoon and all the staff have been suspended so I'm guessing probably quite a lot worse. The watchdog have also apologised for ignoring complaints over a number of years
 
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