CCTV shows staff at Cygnet Yew Trees private hospital slapping and kicking woman

Staff at a private mental health hospital were caught on camera dragging, slapping and kicking a patient, inspectors have said.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and social care services in England, carried out an unannounced inspection of Cygnet Yew Trees in Kirby-le-Soken in Essex after its provider, Cygnet Health Care, reported allegations of patient abuse.

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