Winterbourne View: Most former patients out of hospital

The majority of former patients at a private hospital where abuse was exposed have been moved to community-based homes, the BBC has learned.
Eleven care workers admitted a total of 38 charges after they were secretly filmed abusing and neglecting patients at Winterbourne View, near Bristol.

In May, two charities called for action for those still in institutional care.

Of the 48 patients from England, 34 are now in social care settings, NHS England said.

Fourteen remain in hospitals according to the anonymised reports provided to NHS England by commissioners relating to the former patients.

The NHS funds hospital care for 3,400 people with learning disabilities.

Care minister Norman Lamb previously said all such hospital placements would be reviewed by 1 June 2013 as more appropriate care could be found for people closer to home.

All patients found to be inappropriately placed in hospital should be moved to community-based support as quickly as possible and no later than 1 June 2014, he said.