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• Learning-disabled and autistic people are being neglected and tortured. How much longer? | John Harris

  24-04-2023 09:00
  
  Across the UK, revelations of institutional abuse keep mounting up, yet people are still being denied basic respectImagine a chain of scandals focused on a huge number of very vulnerable and fragile people. Picture a horrific mixture of mistreatment and neglect that is institutional, subjecting hundreds of people to completely the wrong “care”, and ensuring that many of them are effectively locked up, often for years. Then add an element that is even more horrific: seemingly endless
  
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• Half of UK public fear family would not be well looked after in care homes

  24-04-2023 07:00
  
  Survey also reveals nine out of 10 older people believe there are not enough care staff in the countryCare home where staff were filmed abusing 88-year-old still breaking rulesTrust in care homes has slumped, leaving half of the British public lacking confidence that friends or family would be well looked after.Nationwide polling for the Guardian revealed nine out of 10 older people believe there are not enough care staff, and half have lost confidence in the standard of care homes since the sta
  
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• Care home where staff were filmed abusing 88-year-old is still breaking rules

  24-04-2023 07:00
  
  Inspectors find lack of trained staff at Reigate Grange and medicines not being administered properlyHalf of UK public fear family would not be well looked after in care homesA £2,400-a-week care home where staff were secretly filmed abusing 88-year-old Ann King is still breaking Care Act regulations despite a public outcry over her treatment.Recent inspections of Reigate Grange revealed there were still not enough trained staff, medicines were not being administered properly and the home
  
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