Law firm to investigate if any bosses were to blame for alleged abuse of patients at mental health unit
A law firm is to investigate if any bosses were to blame for alleged abuse of patients at a NHS mental health unit.
Now Rupert Nichols, the chairman of the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the unit has commissioned a law firm to carry out an "independent investigation". It will scrutinise the role of the executive team, including the Chief Executive Officer, and the heads of specialist services including Edenfield management.
He adds: "A separate investigation by Greater Manchester Police , into the allegations of failings in patient care identified by BBC Panorama, continues. We are co-operating fully with the police. "Their report, also due in December, will inform the Board of lessons to be learned and appropriate actions to be taken. In addition, central to our Improvement Plan is a continued commitment to engaging with service users, staff, carers and our wider stakeholders. This also forms part of our commitment to building back the trust of patients, their relatives and the wider public, and restoring the pride of our staff in working for the organisation.
Some staff were filmed by an undercover Panorama reporter embedded in the unit from March to June of this year. The footage in the one-hour programme captured apparent humiliation, verbal abuse, mocking and assault of patients - plus alleged falsification of medical paperwork. A patient called Joanna was filmed apparently being pinched twice by a member of staff, and, against the rules three male patients are found in one room watching porn, it is claimed.
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