In May 2011, the BBC’s Panorama programme highlighted serious abuse and appalling standards of care at Winterbourne View, a private hospital for people with learning disabilities.
In response to the issues raised by the programme, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out four inspections at Winterbourne View, suspended admissions to the hospital and started regulatory action against its owner, Castlebeck Care (Teesdale) Ltd. The company did not challenge the action and the hospital closed in June 2011.
Since then, the CQC have undertaken a series of actions to ensure that such levels of abuse and poor standard compliance do not happen again. One of these actions was to complete a review of all of the facilities run by Castlebeck Care Ltd. Furthermore the CQC has announced the delivery of a programme of unannounced inspections of 150 services for people with learning disabilities.
In addition, South Gloucestershire Council has instigated a Serious Case Review, which will investigate the role of all relevant organisations involved in this case; including Castlebeck, the organisations that commissioned treatment for patients, the local safeguarding arrangements and CQC.
The CQC have also commenced their own internal review to establish why they did not initially take effective action in relation to the concerns that were raised by a former charge nurse at the hospital, and the report resulting from this review will be submitted to the independent chair of the serious case review. This report will be published later in the year.
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