"Britain’s cruel care system shames us all" by Ian Birrell in "The Times" today.
"The details are shocking. A troubled girl just 14 years old, sent for the first time into a place of supposed sanctuary for her psychiatric problems. She was subjected to the terror of physical restraint by four adults on her second day, then many more times over subsequent weeks. She was forcibly injected with drugs. She was bullied. And then she killed herself, despite warnings about her safety."
Then dig a little deeper into the cruel care system that shames us all:
"Priory Group, Britain’s leading private mental health provider .... bought by an international healthcare giant three years ago for £1.3 billion, earns most of its money from taxpayers. The latest accounts reveal payments of £720 million from local authorities and the NHS .... (with)... operating profits of £62.2 million in 2017 and just handed one director of its parent company almost £8 million in severance pay. Meanwhile, many frontline staff earn little more than the minimum wage.
