Last year’s Panorama investigation into abuse at Winterbourne View Care Home, shone a much-needed spotlight on the treatment of vulnerable people. It’s an issue never far from the headlines, particularly as care services continue to be squeezed.
Earlier this month a revealing collection of data was unleashed, collating alerts and referrals of abuse made during 2010/11 to adult social care safeguarding teams in England. And I thought I’d have a go at visualising them to bring forth some salient patterns. Continue reading “Exposing abuse: the maltreatment of vulnerable adults in England”