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Undercover Hospital: Patients at Risk

Panorama · Season 2022 · Episode 33
A Panorama undercover investigation has found evidence that a secure NHS psychiatric hospital is failing to protect some of its vulnerable patients. Secret filming reveals evidence of a toxic staff culture, patients being taunted and bullied, inappropriate use of restraint and falsification of important medical paperwork. Experts who have reviewed the findings have questioned the hospital's safety, saying the evidence suggests its core therapeutic mission is being corrupted.

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Season
2022
Episode
33
Air Date
28/Sep/2022
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
60 min

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A Panorama undercover investigation has found evidence that a secure NHS psychiatric hospital is failing to protect some of its vulnerable patients. Secret filming reveals evidence of a toxic staff culture, patients being taunted and bullied, inappropriate use of restraint and falsification of important medical paperwork. Experts who have reviewed the findings have questioned the hospital's safety, saying the evidence suggests its core therapeutic mission is being corrupted.

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