We improve the system. hesley continues to educate and accommodate vulnerable people while the government has promised to strengthen standards of care, but families of children say they are concerned that lessons won t be learned once again. our social affairs editor alison holt is with me now. alison you have reported on safeguarding issues and abuse in the care of adults and children we see more in noel s report tonight why does it appear that lessons aren t being learned? that is the key question. i have reported on far too many cases where there are allegations of abuse in there are allegations of abuse in the treatment of children and adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health issue. in 2011 the winter bourne abuse scandal, it was exposed by the bbc, there was an outcry, change was promised and that
Eight years before, this confidential report discovered 99 proven cases of abuse at a placement for young adults. there was an incident with a member of staff importing a taser gun, we asked a social worker to go out and interview him, and at interview, he confirmed that he had bought the taser intending to use it at work for his own protection. the report s author says lessons should have been learned. it doesn t seem to have had any impact at all, the local authorities just continued to feed people into this system. hesley continues to make these massive profits. that is their facebook. our team wanted to find out what happened to staff who worked in hesley children s homes. we found that support workers accused of assault were able to get newjobs at different companies, and we ve also learned that some staff accused of abuse were not immediately referred to the barring service. the hesley chief executive
A bbc investigation has found that a company which ran children s homes where residents were systemically abused also failed to prevent adults from being harmed. in january we found children were reported to have been punched and kicked at homes in doncaster run by the private company hesley group. the homes were closed two years ago. now we can reveal an investigation published in 2010 discovered 99 cases of abuse in a home for vulnerable young adults. at the time, hesley said improvements had been made. our correspondent noel titheridge has the latest on his investigation. you could see the sadness in his eyes, it s something that you don t forget. children punched, kicked and dragged across the floor. you can t believe that people in care would treat children like this. in january we uncovered reports of systemic abuse at these children s homes in doncaster. now we reveal that the company running them has also failed to protect vulnerable adults.
Our other main news this lunchtime. intense security as the man convicted of murdering liverpool schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel arrives at court for sentencing. a 26 year old woman is detained after the killing of a military blogger who supported russia s war in ukraine. and remembering mobile phones the size of bricks it s 50 years today since the first call was made on one. coming up on the bbc news channel: sacking season in full flow. chesley and leicester s search for a new manager and way after saying goodbye to brendan rodgers and graham potter. good afternoon and welcome
Still the homes remained rated good. why didn t you act sooner? well, we acted in response to concerns. we worked slower than we should have been to put the whole picture together and recognise the pattern of abuse emerging. but is that good enough with some of the most acutely vulnerable children in care in the country, many of whom were nonverbal? there is a particularly high risk for these children, and we recognise that, which is why we have both changed our risk assessment to improve our ability to spot patterns early, and also, to train our inspectors. hesley said it has now closed the homes and was now focused on running its adult placements. it said it could not comment further because the police investigation was not expected to conclude for another year. for families of children, it means a long wait to find out the full truth. noel titheridge, bbc news, doncaster. now it s time for a look at the weather. it comes from susan. good evening,