Documentary makers "sexed up" claims that staff at a secure hospital were ill-treating patients, a court heard. Nine former staff at Whorlton Hall, near Barnard Castle, County Durham, deny 27 offences ...

A PRIVATE hospital in County Durham has closed as a result of an undercover investigation which revealed evidence of abusive treatment of vulnerable patients by staff. All the patients at Whorlton ...

Four members of staff at a specialist hospital have been found guilty of mistreating vulnerable patients after an undercover BBC Panorama documentary. Five other staff members were cleared of all ...

Peter Bennett and Matthew Banner were convicted after a BBC Panorama documentary exposed poor treatment of patients at Whorlton Hall, County Durham. Two staff members at a specialist hospital unit who ...

The Care Quality Commission, which rated the County Durham hospital as good in 2017, has apologised to patients and families. But a whistleblower said the regulator has a record of failing to listen ...

Hospital staff have been secretly filmed "torturing" patients with learning disabilities and autism during an investigation experts described as "horrific". A BBC Panorama programme uncovered staff ...

Four members of staff at a specialist hospital unit who mistreated vulnerable patients and were exposed by an undercover BBC Panorama documentary have narrowly avoided jail. Whorlton Hall, a 17-bed ...

A secure hospital where staff allegedly ill treated patients had a culture where workers had to "fit in" with cruel behaviour, prosecutors said. Nine former staff at Whorlton Hall, near Barnard Castle ...

An independent review is being launched to find out how the alleged abuse of vulnerable patients in a private hospital could have happened after “opportunities to intervene were missed”. The Care ...

Nine former staff at Whorlton Hall, near Barnard Castle, County Durham, deny 27 offences arising from an undercover BBC Panorama film in 2019. Prosecutors said defendants showed "contempt" for and ...

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