Psychiatric wards hit by surge of rape claims - The Independent 25th September 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008

The vulnerability of female patients on England's NHS psychiatric wards was revealed yesterday by figures showing that 435 patients reported being sexually assaulted last year, including 15 who said they had been raped. The Tories, who obtained the figures, said the scale of assaults was increasing, raising new fears about the safety of patients. Labour had "broken their promises" on standards in mental health care, they said.

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