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Savile hospital abuse inquiry widens | Savile hospital abuse inquiry widens |
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The number of NHS organisations investigating allegations of abuse by Jimmy Savile has been extended to 41, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says. | |
The findings of inquiries at 28 hospitals were published in June. | |
A further wave of allegations has since emerged at some of those hospitals, and meanwhile a further eight hospitals and one ambulance service are starting investigations. | |
The results are expected in January 2015. | The results are expected in January 2015. |
The former BBC presenter of Top Of The Pops and Jim'll Fix It, who also worked as a Radio 1 DJ and received a knighthood in 1990, died aged 84 in October 2011. | |
He was an opportunistic and prolific sex offender, who took advantage of his celebrity status to carry out abuse in dozens of NHS hospitals, according to the reports published in June. | |
Assaults on victims aged from five to 75 were described in reports into Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor. | |
Reports from four hospitals - Stoke Mandeville, Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire, Springfield Hospital in London and Crawley Hospital in West Sussex - were also due in June, but have been delayed. | |
Eight hospitals are starting fresh inquiries: | |
West Yorkshire Ambulance Service is also investigating allegations. | |
The precise details of Savile's links with these institutions or the number of alleged offences is unknown. | |
'Sports event' | |
The Shenley Hospital closed in 1998, but the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is conducting the investigation. | |
It said: "The allegation is about a teenager, not a patient, who took part in a sports event held there when Savile was present. | |
"We have spoken to this person, our report will be published in line with all the others." | |
The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Bethlem Royal Hospital, said: "We are investigating this evidence thoroughly and if necessary will ensure that any lessons are learnt for the future." | |
Meanwhile, Leeds General Infirmary, Stoke Mandeville and the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle are investigating fresh allegations that have emerged since June. | |
In a written ministerial statement, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "At the request of the Crown Prosecution Service, the publication of the NHS investigations into Jimmy Savile is being delayed until the conclusion of ongoing legal proceedings. | In a written ministerial statement, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "At the request of the Crown Prosecution Service, the publication of the NHS investigations into Jimmy Savile is being delayed until the conclusion of ongoing legal proceedings. |
"Therefore, I wish to advise the House that there will be a delay in the publication of the outstanding NHS investigation reports. | "Therefore, I wish to advise the House that there will be a delay in the publication of the outstanding NHS investigation reports. |
"We now hope trusts will publish their reports in January 2015." | "We now hope trusts will publish their reports in January 2015." |
The investigation at Leeds, published earlier this year, found patients, including teenagers recovering from surgery, had been abused in their beds and one 10-year-old boy had been sexually assaulted while waiting on a trolley for an X-ray on his broken arm. | |
When the reports came out, Mr Hunt apologised on behalf of the government and the NHS. | |
He said there was a "deep sense of revulsion" over the findings, adding: "We let them [the victims] down badly." |