Safeguarding Prevention and Early Intervention in Service Design

Safeguarding Prevention and Early
Intervention in Service Design
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Key issues, associated with the Winterbourne scandal case study..............................................3
Major safeguarding failing concerning the case study................................................................4
Goals and effectiveness of LeDer program.................................................................................6
The role of the health and social care professionals....................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
Safeguarding is a process of protecting people from harm with an effective and appropriate
measure (Stockinger, Shah and Wincent, 2021). This study is based on the case of Winterbourne
hospital where staff of this hospital abuse patients with learning disability. This study will
discuss impact of abusing behaviour on overall health of people. LeDer program plays a vital
role and it will show roles of all involved parties of this program for protecting people against
harm and abusing behaviour and improving their health. There are number of legislations that
have been developed especially for protecting people with learning disability and challenging
behaviour.
MAIN BODY
Key issues, associated with the Winterbourne scandal case study
Before discussing issues associated with this case study, it is important to know about
Winterbourne and in this context, it can be said that it is view care home and hospital at South
Gloucestershire, Engalnd. An investigation, named Panorama exposed psychological and
physical abuse with people of learning disability and challenging behaviour by workers of this
hospital. English national regulator and local social services received number of warning by
people but they did not consider and mistreatment continued. One senior nurse, name Terry
Bryan reported concern to the top management of this hospital and view care home but his
complain was not being considered and not taken up (Allen, 2018). There was an undercover
footage in which staff of this hospital shown while they were assaulting and harshly controlling
patients under chair only because of they were not able to learn and behave as like normal
people. In addition, it is also shown that one of that staffs gave cold shower as a punishment to
one of the patients and then left her outside in near zero temperature and after that she was
forcefully given mouthwash in eyes. It was very brutal incident and it has affected her mentally
to the great extent. People with learning disability and challenging behaviour needs special care
and treatment otherwise, it may increase their health issues and can affect them emotionally as
well as mentally.
Along with this abuse, other number of cases were recorded and complained about. In
other abuse, patients or people with learning disability were pulled by their hair and given
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medications to them forcefully. Victims were screaming, shivering and shaking because of fear
of being beaten and abused in other manner. One of the patients was shown jumped in protection
of himself out of a second floor window. He was trying to escape from this situation and abuse
and patients were mocked by staff. Another patient was also poked in the eyes. So, on the basis
of this recorded video at this hospital, it can be said that staff of this hospital were cruel and very
harsh towards patients. After watching this video, around 86 people wrote a letter to Prime
minister about this revelation. They mentioned everything that they saw in video of this hospital
where staff were abusing patients very harshly. In addition, they state that they are aware that
numbers of actions have been taken within and outside government and now they hope to make
submission to those both individually as well as collectively (Branford and et.al., 2018). In June,
2011 the association of supported living issued a press statement and as a result, four supported
workers and two nurses were jailed for between 6 months as well as 2 years for their role in the
abuse of patients at this privately run hospital. So, on the basis of this case, it can be said that
there is requirement of taking appropriate actions and developing programs for learning with
disable people.
Major safeguarding failing concerning the case study
On the basis of above discussion, it can be said that at winterbourne staff abused patients
with learning disability and did not even consider complains of community members. Members
of community complained number of times but they did not register and consider them and they
continued mistreating. CQC report on Winterbourne view found owners Cestle back care had
failed to ensure residents that were living at the unit, protected from risk. Risk include: unsafe
practices by their own staff (Starns, 2018). They said that there was systematic failure to protect
people as well as investigation allegations of abuse. One senior nurse reported his concern to the
management at winterbourne but his complain was ignore and not taken up. At the end after
finding footage of this hospital, publicly funded hospital shut down as a result of abuse that took
place. Cestleback, the company at the centre of BBC exposed this scandal into physical abuse as
well as neglect one of its care homes. 11 workers admitted a total of 38-39 charges last year after
they were secretly filmed while they were abusing patients at Winterbourne view near Bistro.
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