Winterbourne View: Families Anguish

Signage outside the Winterbourne View residential hospital in Hambrook. Credit: Tim Ireland / PA Wire

All the patients at Winterbourne View had mental health issues. Most were sectioned and taken there for assessment. Many were only supposed to be there for a few months, but those months turned into years.

Just how many patients may have been abused is unclear.

But relatives of a number of former residents have concerns they may have been ill treated as well.

29 year old Terry Rooney was a patient at Winterbourne View Hospital for four years. Intitally he seemed happy but his parents say that soon changed.

Terry Rooney is now at a new home but his family say they will never forget what happened at Winterbourne View.

Sam Sollars was also a patient at Winterbourne View for two years. His parents soon became concerned about him

The Sollars family were horrified when they learned what had been going on at the hospital.