Major campaign – Out of sight

What happened at Winterbourne View shows that people with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges are too often left isolated and at risk of abuse...Urgent action is needed to change this. 

Out of sight is the new campaign report by Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation and tells the stories of James, Chrissy, Joe, Emmanuel and Victoria.

In the report, their families talk about the terrible neglect and abuse their loved ones have experienced in institutions like Winterbourne View, often far away from home. 

Out of sight comes one year on from the BBC's Panorama programme which exposed shocking abuse of people with a learning disability at Winterbourne View, an assessment and treatment unit near Bristol.

In response to this, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out inspections of 145 assessment and treatment units and care homes for people with a learning disability. Shockingly, their report showed that half of all services were not meeting essential standards around care and welfare and protecting people from abuse.

What happened at Winterbourne View, the inspections carried out by the CQC, and our campaign report Out of sight show that people with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges are too often left isolated and at risk of abuse in some institutions. Urgent action is needed to change this.

Read more, get involved - http://www.mencap.org.uk/outofsight