Course: MVQ Level 2
Assessor: Charlotte Andrews
Document Name: Winterbourne
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PAGE …………. 1 THINGS NEED TO CHANGE ……2 CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ………3 CQC REPORTS ……………………..4 NHS REVIEW ………………………5 LESSONS TO LEARN………………6 THANKS ……………………………7
Introduction
In real life, experiences become meaningful with reflection in time, however at Winterbourne in real life, their experiences were real the moment they happen and the sad thing was, there was no one to help them.
On film, if we see anything like we now know what happen to people at Winterbourne we would react immediately with emotion, perhaps even pondering how could anyone do that to another human being?.
What happened at Winterbourne View hospital was horrifying for both the patients and their families.
The abuse that took place at Winterbourne View was criminal. The staff whose jobs were to care and help patients were shown to be abusing them. Six former members of staff at Winterbourne View hospital were jailed for the terrible crimes they committed * The patients experienced emotional abuse. For example – shouts of abuse to a point where; the content of words used were so harsh, hurtful and the only way to describe such words are as such as that they were an expression of anger administered to vulnerable people to a point that the staff worked themselves into a state of rage which then could only be substituted by, physical abuse. * The patients experienced such physical abuse, not just to the point of pushing them around, they were beaten, restrained on the floor by