Health chiefs to remove patients from private hospital after CQC failure

NHS England to relocate vulnerable patients from Vista Healthcare hospital in Hampshire, in bid to avoid repeat of Winterbourne View care home scandal

​Health chiefs have ordered the removal of vulnerable patients from a private hospital that failed a care inspection, in the first sign of a new determination that there should be no repeat of the Winterbourne View care home scandal.

NHS England is moving patients with mental health needs and learning disabilities out of the Vista Healthcare hospital in Winchfield, Hampshire, after it missed a deadline last week to make urgent improvements.

Related: Is the spectre of Winterbourne View finally beginning to shift?

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