Guidance

Winterbourne View progress report

Review of progress in improving the quality of care for vulnerable people, following abuse of residents at Winterbourne View hospital.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 13 December 2013

Applies to England

Documents

Winterbourne View: transforming care one year on

PDF, 2.06 MB, 77 pages

Winterbourne View: how we are changing care, what we have done in one year and what we plan to do next (easy read)

PDF, 3.68 MB, 32 pages

Details

The report summarises the changes to improve the quality of care for vulnerable people - specifically, for people with learning disabilities or autism who also have mental health conditions or behavioural problems.

The report covers:

• an exemplar case study
• surveys and monitoring programmes designed to track patients and observe their care
• improvements to the commissioning of health and care services
• the regulation and inspection of services
• work needed to make sure no one finds themselves in inappropriate care settings

Read the original report into the events at Winterbourne View and the Department of Health response.

Published 13 December 2013