Care home residents 'doped up', survey finds
Posted: 30 Apr 2014, 08:26Large quantities of anti-psychotic drugs are being given to people with learning disabilities who are resident in hospitals or care homes.
Figures, compiled after the scandal at Winterbourne View care home, show almost two-thirds of residents are given the drugs on a regular basis, rather than when required.
The figures also show that more than a third of residents are subject to hands-on restraint.
Mencap called the findings disgraceful.
The data comes from the Learning Disability Survey, which was carried out in response to the expose by the BBC's Panorama of shocking standards of care for people with learning disabilities at the Winterbourne View care home, near Bristol.
This the first time the data has been gathered.
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Figures, compiled after the scandal at Winterbourne View care home, show almost two-thirds of residents are given the drugs on a regular basis, rather than when required.
The figures also show that more than a third of residents are subject to hands-on restraint.
Mencap called the findings disgraceful.
The data comes from the Learning Disability Survey, which was carried out in response to the expose by the BBC's Panorama of shocking standards of care for people with learning disabilities at the Winterbourne View care home, near Bristol.
This the first time the data has been gathered.
MORE:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27205214