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Undercover Hospital Abuse Scandal

Panorama goes undercover inside a hospital for vulnerable adults and reveals patients being mocked, taunted and intimidated by abusive staff. Olivia Davies reports.

Panorama goes undercover inside a hospital for vulnerable adults and reveals patients being mocked, taunted and intimidated by abusive staff. In shocking footage, reporter Olivia Davies films patients with autism and learning disabilities being deliberately provoked by staff who then physically restrain them. The Panorama investigation comes eight years after the programme exposed the scandal of abuse at Winterbourne View, another specialist hospital. Then, the government promised to reform care for the most vulnerable. Now they stand accused of failing to keep that promise by families, campaigners and whistleblowers.

59 minutes

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Role Contributor
Reporter Olivia Davies
Assistant Producer Ian Bendelow
Film Editor Mel Quigley
Producer Joe Plomin
Director Joe Plomin
Executive Producer Karen Wightman
Editor Rachel Jupp

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