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Force-fed and drugged into a ‘comatose’ state: ‘Horrifying’ allegations against children’s hospitals

EXCLUSIVE: Three years after The Independent first published a damning investigation into Huntercombe Group hospitals, new court documents reveal fresh claims that children were subject to inhumane, degrading and abusive treatment in ‘prison-like’ units – as families take legal action against 35 doctors. Rebecca Thomas reports

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‘Chaotic, scary and intense’: Inside the scandal-hit hospital where teen spent her final days

In an exclusive interview with The Independent and Sky News, former Huntercombe staff members give health correspondent Rebecca Thomas an insight into what it was like to work at the hospital where 14-year-old Ruth Szymankiewicz spent her tragic final days

The Independent UK

Death of teenager left alone at scandal-hit mental health hospital by worker with fake ID was unlawful

Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, died after a litany of failings at Huntercombe Hospital, where she should have had constant monitoring

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Jury in inquest of girl who fatally self-harmed at hospital to consider whether she was unlawfully killed

Hospital was ‘severely short-staffed’ on the day the teenager was left alone when she should have had constant care

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Mother blames scandal-hit hospital for daughter’s death after eating disorder struggles

Exclusive: Melissa Parrish’s experiences as a teenager left her terrified of being admitted to hospital, an inquest into her death heard

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Scandal-hit hospitals accused of ‘inhuman and degrading treatment’ by dozens of patients

Clinical negligence lawsuits launched against hospitals owned formerly owned by The Huntecombe Group

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Closed: Hospital we exposed for treating patients ‘like animals’

Exclusive: Whistleblowers treated at Berkshire mental health hospital shed ‘tears of joy’ over its immediate closure - after The Independent revealed scandal of systemic abuse

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Families launch legal action against scandal-hit hospitals after The Independent exposed ‘systemic abuse’

Exclusive: Allegations include children being injured during restraint, inappropriate force-feeding and patients being over-medicated

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Child died at mental health hospital ‘while staff were meant to be watching her’

Exclusive: 14-year-old girl died at Taplow Manor Hospital in Maidenhead after she was left unattended

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Mental health services to face surprise spot-checks after series of abuse scandals, watchdog warns

Exclusive ‘I will not rest until we get people safe’ says NHS’ new mental health safety chief Chris Dzikiti

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Police investigating ‘sexual assault’ at scandal-hit children’s hospital as watchdog threatens closure

Exclusive: The Huntercombe Group’s two hospitals now rated inadequate following revelations of abuse and poor care by The Independent

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Scandal-hit children’s hospital sanctioned by watchdog after ‘systemic abuse’ revealed

Staffordshire children’s hospital faces action after expose by The Independent

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