care in the uk - a disgrace

[friendofdorothy]

This is a disgrace. Elderly gay man has to fight to protect his partner of over 50 years from appalling 'care' and crowd fund to meet his court costs. We made it! Thank you! ‘LGBTQIA Pride for Life Court Costs’ crowdfunder reached its target

I can’t explain how it feels to discover that homophobic sneers, bruises and even cigarette burns have been inflicted on the man I love while he was in their ‘care’, or the battle it took to get him into a better home

 

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Care Minister faces questions on mistreatment of autistic and learning disabled people

“Many have tried to change the system, and you’ve all been very sympathetic, but you’ve all failed. Meanwhile, patients remain powerless, providers are powerful, and in this sense the NHS is acting as an accomplice, and government is the mechanism. We need to start acting.”

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“Leaways is part of Kedleston Group, which runs 13 schools and homes in England.



Kedleston's directors include Denis and Paul Brosnan. In 2011, they were directors of Castlebeck, which owned the Winterbourne View private hospital near Bristol, where serious abuse was uncovered by a BBC Panorama investigation.


An inquiry the following year found Castlebeck "took financial reward without the responsibility".


Some current Leaways staff believe profit is paramount at the school.


"It's a business that happens to be a school," one support worker told the BBC.”

Parents fear for pupils' mental state at £53,000 fee school

Councils fund places at the specialist school in Hackney for pupils with autism and behavioural issues.

www.bbc.com

 

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Gangster capitalism Care home giant HC-One hikes fees for residents while owners cash in

 

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National Care Service now!

 

[Shechemite]

“Not even the exposure in the media of their torture has been sufficient motivation for government and the NHS to change a broken system."

2,040 people with autism or learning disabilities are being held in assessment and treatment units.

The units are meant for short-term treatment but patients are held for an average of more than five-and-a-half years.

355 people were in assessment and treatment units for more than 10 years.

Winterbourne View: Families demand overhaul of 'broken' care system

Families of former patients held in Winterbourne View Hospital have written to the prime minister.

www.bbc.com

 

[Shechemite]

“A decade on, little has changed. At the end of March 2021, there were still 2035 children, young people, and adults with intellectual disability and/or autism in inpatient mental health beds in England, with an average length of stay of 5.6 years.

Too many people remain warehoused in inpatient units that they do not need to be in while their lives tick past. Worse still are the risks of physical restraint, chemical restraint with inappropriate use of psychotropic medication, or seclusion that people in these units face, and the violation of their human rights.”

Winterbourne 10 years on: how much has changed? - The BMJ

Many people with intellectual disability and/or autism still remain warehoused in inpatient units that they do not need to be in while their lives tick past, says Keri-Michèle Lodge For [...]More...

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[Badgers]

Care home giant HC-One hikes fees for residents while owners cash in

Private equity-owned HC-One, founded by Labour donor Chai Patel (pictured) has been accused of using loans and a complex web of offshore structures to 'extract cash' and reduce its tax bill.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

 

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[spliffy]

Patients were sent back to care homes without Covid test despite bosses’ plea

 

[Shechemite]

Politicians’ promises to transfer more than 3,000 patients out of assessment and treatment units (ATUs) by July 2014 could not be kept, primarily because there is no incentive for commercially provided inpatient care to discharge patients and retain empty beds.

Winterbourne View lessons have not been learned 10 years on | Letter

Margaret Flynn and Vic Citarella lament that their report on care home abuse in 2011 has not brought necessary change

www.theguardian.com

 

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North Yorkshire man detained in 'modern day asylum' for three years because of his autism​

The family of Elliot Davis, from North Yorkshire, say his health has been deteriorating for three years - since he was detained in a mental health hospital

Man detained in 'modern day asylum' for three years because of his autism

The family of Elliot Davis, from North Yorkshire, say his health has been deteriorating for three years - since he was detained in a mental health hospital

www.examinerlive.co.uk

 

[Shechemite]

Government failure on social care should come as no surprise – they’ve been letting down people trapped in institutions for years​

A decade on, there are still more than 2,000 autistic people and people with learning disabilities detained in inpatient units. On average, each person will have been in hospital for more than 5 years.

Rather than backing up that commitment in 2011 with the full weight of government and the funding needed to support people in the community, the Conservatives have spent the last 5 years cutting local authority social care budgets.

When they inevitably failed to meet their target in 2014, another target was set to reduce – but not eliminate – the use of these units by 2019. Again, this target was missed and promises were made that the reduction would be met by 2024. On the current pace of change, this target is going to be missed as well.

For anyone who has followed the Conservative’s track record on social care this will be a depressingly familiar sight.

Rather than investing in the public services to support people to live independently in the community, they have continued to hand over vast sums of money to private hospitals to detain people in entirely unsuitable conditions with scant regard for their human rights.

Government failure on social care should come as no surprise – they’ve been letting down people trapped in institutions for years

Ten years on from the Winterbourne View revelations, it is time for the government to back up their rhetoric with action and end the long list of b...

www.politicshome.com

 

[Shechemite]

These would be unacceptable conditions to hold a prisoner convicted of a terrible crime. Yet this is permitted for a person with autism supposed to be getting help from the sanctified NHS – and often at huge expense from vampiric private companies ripping off taxpayers.

Dannielle has been locked up and abused for half her life. Why? Because she has autism

Ten years on from the Winterbourne View scandal, young people with autism and learning disabilities are still treated with unbelievable cruelty

inews.co.uk

 

[Shechemite]

Government failure on social care should come as no surprise – they’ve been letting down people trapped in institutions for years​

A decade on, there are still more than 2,000 autistic people and people with learning disabilities detained in inpatient units. On average, each person will have been in hospital for more than 5 years.

Rather than backing up that commitment in 2011 with the full weight of government and the funding needed to support people in the community, the Conservatives have spent the last 5 years cutting local authority social care budgets.

When they inevitably failed to meet their target in 2014, another target was set to reduce – but not eliminate – the use of these units by 2019. Again, this target was missed and promises were made that the reduction would be met by 2024. On the current pace of change, this target is going to be missed as well.

For anyone who has followed the Conservative’s track record on social care this will be a depressingly familiar sight.

Rather than investing in the public services to support people to live independently in the community, they have continued to hand over vast sums of money to private hospitals to detain people in entirely unsuitable conditions with scant regard for their human rights.

Government failure on social care should come as no surprise – they’ve been letting down people trapped in institutions for years

Ten years on from the Winterbourne View revelations, it is time for the government to back up their rhetoric with action and end the long list of b...

www.politicshome.com

Barbara Keeley is so bloody awesome (for all sorts of reasons)

 

[Shechemite]

Whistleblowers claim children with autism 'abused' at Cardiff home

Former employees allege children with autism were mistreated at a Cardiff children's home.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Dystopiary]

Whistleblowers claim children with autism 'abused' at Cardiff home

Former employees allege children with autism were mistreated at a Cardiff children's home.

www.bbc.co.uk

Was just going to post about that, and saw you had already. Thank you for doing so.

From the article:

They said children at Ty Coryton were restrained and locked up unnecessarily.
The whistleblowers also claimed one teenager was locked in her flat regularly because she was menstruating.

. . . . . . . .

Kristy Edwards worked at Ty Coryton . . . between November 2019 and September 2020.
She said that on one occasion she thought a child "was going to die" while being restrained on the floor for almost 20 minutes.
Ms Edwards claimed the restraint was "completely mismanaged" and that she was running back and forth with water and cold compresses to cool him down as she was so worried for his health.
She also alleged she witnessed a staff member swearing and verbally abusing a child, saying they "stank of shit".
Ms Edwards said children were punished for engaging in autistic behaviour and the health and safety of staff and children was "absolutely shocking".

. . . . . . . .

She alleged that the state of accommodation was poor and described the state of one young person's flat as a "crack den".
She added this child was locked away and was only allowed out in the car.

. . . . . . . .

Ms Edwards claimed that one teenager's isolation was "severe".
"She was isolated anytime she was menstruating," she said. "They didn't teach her how to use sanitary items."

 

[GarveyLives]

Care home resident suffered ‘significant failures’ by staff, inquest hears

(Source: The Family of The Late Dorothea Hale)

Dorothea Hale, who died after suffering dehydration, malnourishment and pressure sores during a four-month stay ... at a nursing home.​

 

[Shechemite]

Restraints including physical restraint, chemical cosh and solitary confinement have been used in ATUs more than 100,000 times since October 2018

Thousands with learning disabilities and autism still being held in mental health hospitals

Following the Winterbourne View scandal 10 years ago, targets were set to reduce the number of people held in ATUs.

news.sky.com

 

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G7 security plan 'costing care homes £34,000'

Charity Cornwall Care says it is not eligible for government compensation over extra staffing costs.

www.bbc.com

 

[Shechemite]

More cheerful news

Half of deaths among people with learning disabilities in England in 2020 were ‘avoidable’

Father tells of son being denied ventilator as report reveals many of those with learning disabilities who died of COVID did not receive good enough care

www.opendemocracy.net

Half of deaths among people with learning disabilities during the pandemic last year were avoidable, according to a report published yesterday. The rate of avoidable death was three times higher than the general population.

It revealed that almost half of those who died from COVID-19 did not receive good enough care.

The report also found that almost a third of ‘Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) notices issued to people with learning disabilities.

 

[Shechemite]

Over the years, my son Ryan has had drug-induced seizures, lost all of his teeth due to anti-psychotic medication and has had no right to leave psychiatric care, no freedom of choice, no phone or internet and meals given at strict times.

This has forced him to become a shell of the vibrant, young man he used to be and as a parent, it breaks my heart.

What it feels like... for your son to be sectioned for over 15 years

I watched as Ryan got worse and worse, but because of his undiagnosed autism he couldn't tell us how he felt or if he was suffering.

metro.co.uk

 

[Shechemite]

Why aren't patients being told truth about electric shock therapy?

Jacqui Quibbell's experience is backed up by the startling results of a Freedom of Information request to hospital trusts for a copy of their ECT patient information leaflet.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Catching up with the thread I am reminded what an absolute hell and purgatory that Shirley Oaks was and this does even mentioned what went on but simply finishes with this "the provision of the best possible care for the children in their charge."

Shirley Oaks | The National Archives

The official archive of the UK government. Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of today's information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone.

discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

 

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Doctor investigated after disabled teenage patient prescribed medication against their wishes and died

NHS review concluded Oliver’s death was avoidable but this was then subject of an alleged cover-up

www.independent.co.uk

 

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NHS mental health trust fined £1.5m over care failures that led to 11 deaths

Judge says Essex Partnership University NHS foundation trust had failed to prevent suicides

www.theguardian.com

 

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People 'unlawfully restrained' and locked out of kitchen at care home

Two care homes have been rated inadequate after people were unlawfully restrained, given no access to toilet paper and locked out of a kitchen.

www.kentonline.co.uk

 

[Shechemite]

People with a learning disability are dying 25 years younger than the general population, and are three times more likely to die avoidably.

In 42% of avoidable deaths of people with a learning disability, their care had not met good practice standards.

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