In the wake of the exposure of extensive institutionalised sadism at ‘Winterbourne,’ a huge campaign against the stealing of adults with Learning Disabilities is being launched.

[Alison J Stevens]

In the wake of the exposure of extensive institutionalised sadism at ‘Winterbourne,’ a huge campaign against the stealing of adults with Learning Disabilities is being launched.

Posted on June 22, 2011 by alisonsgypt

In the wake of the exposure of extensive institutionalised sadism at ‘Winterbourne,’ a huge campaign against the stealing of adults with Learning Disabilities is being launched.

BBC 2011 Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed, Panorama, BBC, Last broadcast on Tue, 31 May 2011, 21:00 on BBC One. Available on BBC iplayer for 11 more months.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011pwt6

BBC 2011 Care home ‘abuse’ caught on film, Panorama, BBC News, 1 June.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13611089

A National Response to the Abuse of People with Learning Disabilities, 86 Learning Disability Organisations Demand Action from the Prime Minister in Response to Private Sector Hospital Abuse
http://www.ndti.org.uk/news/national-news/a-national-response-to-th...

Samuel, M. 2011 Experts tell Cameron to end learning disability hospital care, Community Care, Wednesday 22 June 2011 00:33
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/06/22/117054/experts-t...

The sickening abuse at Winterbourne View hospital in Bristol, revealed by Panorama, shows why such private hospitals should no longer exist, say leading figures in learning disability sector
Brindle, D. 2011 Private hospitals are no place for people with learning disabilities, The Guardian, 22 June.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/jun/22/private-hos...

Brown, M. 2011 Panorama’s care home investigation shows need for undercover journalism, The Guardian, 1 June.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/01/panorama-care-h...

“8 Focus inspection on service users, not paperwork
Inspectors can’t be watching all the time, but they can look for the factors identified here. Most of all, they can spend time in the living situation, talking to residents and staff and looking at the quality of relationships and activities.
Light-touch inspection, in which the inspectorate relies on statistics or self-assessments to identify problem areas, doesn’t work here because there are no useful statistics and the self-assessments are often self-deluding. There is no substitute for people from outside keeping a constant eye on what is going on.”
Pitt, V. 2011 Preventing abuse of adults with learning disabilities in the wake of the Winterbourne View scandal, Community Care, Friday 17 June 2011 14:59
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/06/17/117034/preventin...

Pitt, V. 2011 Panorama: ‘End these hospitals on human rights grounds,’ says UKDPC, Adult Care Blog, Community Care. 2 June.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/adult-care-blog/2011/06/winter...

Pitt, V. 2011 Should we be surprised the CQC didn’t act on abuse at Winterbourne View? Adult Care Blog, Community Care. 6 June.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/adult-care-blog/2011/06/should...

BBC 2011 Four arrests after patient abuse caught on film, BBC News, 1 June.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13548222

Samuel, M. 2011 Five more arrested in Winterbourne View abuse inquiry, Community Care, 8 June.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/06/08/116960/Five-more...

Pitt, V. 2011 Winterbourne View: Providers pressure government for wholesale review of CQC, Adult Care Blog, Community Care. 2 June.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/adult-care-blog/2011/06/winter...