Four people have interviewe by police and released on bail and thirteen staff suspended at a facility for people with learning disabilities in Bristol after last night's (31 May ) showing of a BBC Panorama programme.
The home, which charges £3,500 per person per week, was the subject of undercover filming which showed what one professional described as staff 'torturing' those they were paid to care for.
The company involved has issued an unreserved apology and has started its own investigation using an independent firm.
MP Stephen Dorrell said on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme that the CQC would have questions to answer when it appeared before a House of Commons committee later this month. He also raised the question of what those who commissioned the care at the facility were doing to check standards.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13548222
The CQC was slow to comment on the situation but did so later in the day with an early evening appearance of its chief office in a fairly lengthy interview on BBC Radio 4's PM programme which you should be able to hear on the BBCs 'listen again' service.
CQC statement - http://tinyurl.com/3o6vj2p
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