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Ever since Panorama exposed violent abuse of patients at Winterbourne View last year, residential care for learning disabled people has been under the microscope.

The subject has dominated headlines again this week. Today, 11 staff convicted of assaulting patients at the hospital were sentenced and on Monday, the Care Quality Commission warned a separate Bristol unit for people with learning difficulties to improve or face enforcement measures.

In the Winterbourne View case, ringleader Wayne Rogers, who admitted nine counts of ill-treating patients, has received two years in prison. Five further care workers were jailed, while five more were given suspended sentences.

Presiding judge Neil Ford QC has told the court that the private hospital had been "run with a scandalous lack of regard to patients and staff".

In another development for the home, Monday's 91Èȱ¬ Inside Out West reported on an assault of a patient at Winterbourne View, which took place prior to the Panorama investigation.

Rebecca Cafe writes for the 91Èȱ¬ News website today on the impact the shocking abuse at Winterbourne View has had on the nation.

Next Monday's Panorama programme will feature previously unseen undercover footage from Winterbourne View, showing evidence of poor training and false record keeping.

Reporter Alison Holt will reveal that a number of former patients have faced further assaults, or unnecessary restraints, in other care establishments. One year on from the original programme, she will ask whether the most vulnerable people in society are now better protected.

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