- The care watchdog CQC discovered new CCTV footage allegedly showing staff assaulting patients and using inappropriate restraint at St Andrew's Healthcare in Northampton.
- The CQC rated the hospital's forensic and secure services as "inadequate" after finding staff asleep on duty, which posed a serious patient safety risk.
- The NHS plans to remove 287 NHS-funded patients from St Andrew's Healthcare due to persistent safety concerns and multiple police investigations into alleged abuse and neglect.
- Police investigations include arrests of staff for alleged wilful neglect and ill-treatment, and a corporate manslaughter probe following patient deaths, though some charges have been dropped.
- St Andrew's Healthcare, a charity receiving substantial NHS funding, faces patient removal only at its Northampton site, while its Birmingham and Essex hospitals are under NHS monitoring.
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Care watchdog uncovers more abuse allegations at scandal-hit hospital
