Winterbourne View resident was abused at previous care home

The vile abuse meted out at Winterbourne View "care" home by Wayne Rogers, Charlotte Cottrell, Allison Dove, Graham Doyle, Jason Gardener, and several others is sadly not unusual.

I was reminded of this while reading that, of the three people from Cornwall who were allegedly abused at the Bristol care home, one had also been a victim of abuse at the Budock Hospital in Falmouth, closed after a catalogue of abuse was discovered six years ago, according to This Is Cornwall.

If you have not seen the Panorama documentary on Winterbourne View, you can watch it on the iplayer until May 2012.

Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph reports of more abuse and neglect taking place, this time at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Bedford Hospital NHS Trust.

We must keep up the pressure on government to reform the care home system and we must ensure that care homes which abuse their residents are closed down and abusers prosecuted.

Winterbourne View mustn't be allowed to slip from the news agenda.

We also need to lobby Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley and NHS trusts to ensure that patient care is improved