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• ‘Lessons will be learned’? Responding to Panorama’s documentary on abuses at the Edenfield CentreSeptember 30, 2022
  It should never require a television documentary to shock a society into acting on institutional abuses in any public service, let alone those treating people who are at their most vulnerable and traumatised. Yet sadly it too often does. This week’s Panorama programme exposing serious abuses at the medium secure Edenfield Centre in Greater ManchesterContinue reading “‘Lessons will be learned’? Responding to Panorama’s documentary on abuses at the Edenfield Centre”
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  CHARM CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO EDENFIELD AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN GREATER MANCHESTER September 30, 2022
  The patients at Edenfield regional secure unit are amongst the most vulnerable people in our society. What we saw in the BBC Panorama programme was shocking but not surprising. The lack of humanity and compassion, the over-use and inappropriate use of seclusion and restraint and failures to ensure the safe dispensing of medication are inexcusable.Continue reading “CHARM CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO EDENFIELD AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN GREATER MANCHESTER “
• Edenfield: mental health in crisisSeptember 30, 2022
  A protest bringing together around fifty people at very short notice took place outside Manchester Central Library on Thursday, 29 September. This was following an undercover BBC investigation that revealed abuse inside the Edenfield Centre in north Manchester. This was widely reported in the local press and nationally. The undercover reporter was employed as a healthcare support worker, andContinue reading “Edenfield: mental health in crisis”

• ‘Lessons will be learned’? Responding to Panorama’s documentary on abuses at the Edenfield Centre
  It should never require a television documentary to shock a society into acting on institutional abuses in any public service, let alone those treating people who are at their most vulnerable and traumatised. Yet sadly it too often does. This week’s Panorama programme exposing serious abuses at the medium secure Edenfield Centre in Greater ManchesterContinue reading “‘Lessons will be learned’? Responding to Panorama’s documentary on abuses at the Edenfield Centre”
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  CHARM CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO EDENFIELD AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN GREATER MANCHESTER 
  The patients at Edenfield regional secure unit are amongst the most vulnerable people in our society. What we saw in the BBC Panorama programme was shocking but not surprising. The lack of humanity and compassion, the over-use and inappropriate use of seclusion and restraint and failures to ensure the safe dispensing of medication are inexcusable.Continue reading “CHARM CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO EDENFIELD AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN GREATER MANCHESTER “
• Edenfield: mental health in crisis
  A protest bringing together around fifty people at very short notice took place outside Manchester Central Library on Thursday, 29 September. This was following an undercover BBC investigation that revealed abuse inside the Edenfield Centre in north Manchester. This was widely reported in the local press and nationally. The undercover reporter was employed as a healthcare support worker, andContinue reading “Edenfield: mental health in crisis”
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  Nurses investigated amid abuse at Manchester mental health hospital
  Nurses working at the mental health unit in Manchester are to be investigated by the regulator, after footage of vulnerable patients being subjected to humiliation, verbal abuse and bullying at the hospital was aired on the BBC programme Panorama. Nurses and other staff at Edenfield Centre, which is a large medium security mental health unitContinue reading “Nurses investigated amid abuse at Manchester mental health hospital”
• The Edenfield Centre: MP criticises mental health unit bosses over abuse
  An MP has condemned the “horrific” treatment of patients at one of the UK’s largest mental health hospitals. A BBC Panorama investigation found a “toxic culture of humiliation, verbal abuse and bullying” at the Edenfield Centre in Prestwich near Manchester.  Bury South MP Christian Wakeford said it showed a “failure of leadership” at Greater Manchester Mental HealthContinue reading “The Edenfield Centre: MP criticises mental health unit bosses over abuse”
• Shocked and concerned’ – Mind calls for a public inquiry after BBC Panorama exposes alleged verbal and physical abuse of patients at Edenfield Centre
  Undercover footage broadcast during a BBC Panorama programme which aired yesterday evening highlighted alleged verbal and physical abuse of vulnerable patients with mental health problems and autism at the Edenfield Centre, run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. The programme raised serious concerns about the use of harmful and dangerous practices including unnecessary restraint and seclusion,Continue reading “Shocked and concerned’ – Mind calls for a public inquiry after BBC Panorama exposes alleged verbal and physical abuse of patients at Edenfield Centre”
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  Solidarity Vigil for Edenfield – End The Abuse -We Need a Public Inquiry
  CHARM held a “solidarity” vigil outside Manchester Central Library for all those affected by the abuse exposed by the BBC Panorama documentary. See our public statement CHARM CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO EDENFIELD AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN GREATER MANCHESTER CHARM has been calling for a root and branch review of services forContinue reading “Solidarity Vigil for Edenfield – End The Abuse -We Need a Public Inquiry”
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  What is behind a new mental health abuse scandal?
  The lack of trained staff and society’s view of people with mental distress are a toxic mix An abuse scandal on an appalling scale is said to have erupted at a mental health facility in Manchester. The BBC’s Panorama programme says it has evidence of severe malpractice after deploying a reporter as an undercover memberContinue reading “What is behind a new mental health abuse scandal?”
• JOIN OUR SOLIDARITY VIGIL: BBC PANORAMA FINDS PATIENTS ARE AT RISK AT EDENFIELD REGIONAL SECURE UNIT
• Exclusion from Services in A Mental Health Crisis
  University of Mancehester looking for people who have been excluded from any services during a mental health crisis (and friends and family members) to take part in interview research about being excluded from receiving support and treatment.
• Mental health hospital in Bury where patients were ‘bullied and abused by staff’ put into special measures
  A report found staff ‘could be patronising, antagonistic, rude and made negative comments about patients’ A hospital where patients say they were ‘bullied and abused by staff’ has been placed into special measures. Cygnet Bury Hudson has been ordered to improve safety after its overall performance was judged to be ‘inadequate’, following an inspection byContinue reading “Mental health hospital in Bury where patients were ‘bullied and abused by staff’ put into special measures”
• Staff at women’s mental health facility ‘fell asleep’ when they were meant to be observing high-risk patients
  Eleanor Independent Hospital in West Didsbury has been placed into special measures A women’s mental health facility in south Manchester has been put into special measures after members of staff were found to have fallen asleep when they were supposed to be monitoring high-risk patients. Eleanor Independent Hospital in West Didsbury was rated ‘inadequate’ followingContinue reading “Staff at women’s mental health facility ‘fell asleep’ when they were meant to be observing high-risk patients”
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  CQC suspends GMMH rating for Forensic inpatient or secure wards as a result of concerns about this service.
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  Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust suspends staff after alleged mistreatment of patients in mental health unit
  Footage obtained by Panorama of the alleged mistreatment is harrowing. The programme is scheduled to be broadcast on Wednesday next week. An NHS trust has suspended staff after allegations that patients were mistreated at a mental health unit. Last week it was revealed police are preparing to investigate the claims which relate to the EdenfieldContinue reading “Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust suspends staff after alleged mistreatment of patients in mental health unit”
• Manchester City braced for ‘Winterbourne View’-level scandal
  Police are braced to investigate a ‘Winterbourne View’-level scandal in Greater Manchester, with a TV documentary expected to include allegations of serious patient abuse. Yesterday, the Manchester Evening News reported that BBC Panorama have contacted Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust after an undercover reporter collected evidence of mistreatment at the trust’s medium-secure Edenfield Centre in Prestwich. Well-placed sources haveContinue reading “Manchester City braced for ‘Winterbourne View’-level scandal”