A young woman has waived her right to anonymity and spoken about the horrific sexual abuse she was victim to at the hands of her vile father.
12.10.2022 - 21:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester council will ask the government for a public inquiry into a mental health unit at the heart of a BBC Panorama investigation aired last month. The calls for an inquiry come with fears that alleged abuse of patients at the Edenfield Centre, as claimed by the BBC, is happening at other Greater Manchester’s mental health treatment units.
Staff, including support workers, and registered nurses, were secretly filmed by an undercover Panorama reporter embedded in the unit from March to June of this year. The footage appeared to show patients being bullied, humiliated, swore at, and taunted.
Police have begun a criminal investigation which centres on a facility in the grounds of the former Prestwich Hospital in Bury. Sources have told the M.E.N. that twenty staff members from the Edenfield Centre, a secure unit, for adults, have been suspended.
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Andrew Maloney, deputy chief executive of Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) NHS Foundation Trust which runs the centre, told councillors at a health scrutiny meeting today (October 12) about the action taken in response.
Disciplinary procedures started as soon as GMMH was informed of the allegations, he said, and a 'significant number of staff' were suspended.
Senior clinical and operational management staff were deployed to the centre which has now been closed to new admissions to ensure appropriate working practices. And an independent clinical review of the centre is now under way and is expected to report its finding to the trust's board by the end of this month.
However, Manchester's health scrutiny committee was not satisfied with the response, describing the
A young woman has waived her right to anonymity and spoken about the horrific sexual abuse she was victim to at the hands of her vile father.
The death of a baby allegedly murdered by nurse Lucy Letby came as a “big surprise” and was “completely out of the blue”, her trial has heard.
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A man sexually abused a boy and filmed his wife having sex with their pet dog. Kieran Parkinson, 36, has been jailed after he discussed raping and assaulting children in chats with his wife Mary.
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A former police officer who was jailed after he formed a secret sexual relationship with an alleged rape victim, even attempting to thwart a raid on her home to prevent his dirty secret from being uncovered, has been sacked.
Andy Burnham has urged the Transport Secretary to demand increased Avanti West Coast train services between Manchester and London or remove its operating contract.
A man punched a taxi driver in the face as he was driving before hurling racist abuse at him, a trial has heard.
for a series of engagements, including the in Manchester on September 5. At the time, we noted bold return to her husband's homeland in a vibrant red monochrome ensemble by AnotherTomorrow.
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Micah Richards has claimed that comparisons between Liverpool's Darwin Nunez and Manchester City's Erling Haaland were never going to be realistic.