Patients with severe learning difficulties and autism were ‘unsafe’ at a private hospital in Bolton and staff there did not follow infection control precautions.
In a damning report published today The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated The Breightmet Centre for Autism as inadequate overall and placed it in special measures following an inspection in March.
The report states that vulnerable adults being cared for at the hospital were ‘not protected from abuse and poor care’.
