Disciplinary procedures have started against staff at a mental health unit where patients were allegedly abused. More than 20 staff have been suspended from the Edenfield Centre, which is in the grounds of the former Prestwich Hospital in Bury.
Police have launched a criminal investigation too. The action follows a dossier of evidence being collated after an undercover reporter from Panorama was embedded in the unit from March to June.
Staff, including, support workers, and registered nurses, were secretly filmed. The footage appeared to show patients being bullied, humiliated, swore at, and taunted.
