The Ockenden Review – BCUHB
2019 update – Donna Ockenden, initially investigated concerns following the closure of Tawel Fan and concluded that the care of vulnerable patients on the ward amounted to “institutional abuse” after considering concerns that patients were kept like “animals” and left in their own urine. A further investigation by HASCAS (the Health and Social Care Advisory Service), concluded that there was no evidence of institutional abuse or neglect.
However, according to BCUHB’s annual “Putting Things Right” report, nearly half of the 105 cases which were subject to individual patient reports were deemed “determined harm caused”.
Read the Putting Things Right report here
2018 – A ‘Review of the Governance Arrangements relating to the care of patients on Tawel Fan ward’ is a report by Donna Ockenden and was commissioned by Betsi Cadwaldr University Health Board. The review was published on the 12th July 2018.
- Read the Report
- Executive summary (English)
- Executive summary (Welsh)
- Press release (English)
- Press release (Welsh)
The Ockenden Review was included in a Senedd statement by Vaughan Gething, to view the announcement go to 4:19:30 in the session.
Older people’s commissioner for Wales
Statement in response to Ockenden Review of Governance Arrangements relating to Tawel Fan Ward and Older People’s Mental Health at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
Other media coverage
- Radio BBC Wales interview with BCUHB CEO 12 July (listen from 14.00 minutes in)
- Radio BBC Wales interview with Donna Ockenden 12 July (listen from 1.10.00 minutes in)
- Unite magazine. Issue 4, July 2018 (pages 12-13)
- BBC Wales – August 2018
- deeside.com – July 2018
- Daily Post – July 2018
- ITV – July 2018
- Daily Post – July 2018
- BBC – 12th July 2018
- BBC – 11th July 2018
- BBC – Video from 11th July 2018
- BBC Wales – July 2018