Bad practices were allowed to persist at Muckamore Abbey Hospital, the chairman of a public inquiry into allegations of abuse has said.
Muckamore is at the centre of the UK’s biggest ever police investigation into the abuse of vulnerable adults. “What happened at Muckamore Abbey hospital has been referred to as a scandal and without predetermining any issue it is quite obvious that bad practices were allowed to persist at the hospital to the terrible detriment of a number of patients,” Tom Kark QC said.
Mr Kark also told the public inquiry that many of the parents and relatives and carers who had trusted the hospital had been “let down”.
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