The health minister has apologised after alleged abuse at a Greater Manchester mental health unit was exposed - and suggested an inquiry could take place. Will Quince spoke in the House of Commons this morning (October 13) following the BBC Panorama investigation into the Edenfield Centre, in Prestwich, which aired last month.
Police have launched an investigation into the findings and more than 20 staff have been suspended by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) following the documentary, which showed staff secretly filmed by an undercover reporter at the unit. The programme appeared to show patients being bullied, humiliated, swore at, and taunted.
Bury South MP Christian Wakeford had asked Thérèse Coffey, the secretary of state for health and social care, to make a statement on the situation at Edenfield. But it was health minister Will Quince, who works in Ms Coffey's department, who answered at the Commons instead.
