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A meeting to consider possible action against a health board after a report found "institutional abuse" at a Denbighshire mental health unit will be held on Monday. | A meeting to consider possible action against a health board after a report found "institutional abuse" at a Denbighshire mental health unit will be held on Monday. |
Betsi Cadwaladr health board will be discussed at the meeting of the Welsh government, Health Inspectorate Wales and the auditor general for Wales. | Betsi Cadwaladr health board will be discussed at the meeting of the Welsh government, Health Inspectorate Wales and the auditor general for Wales. |
Glan Clwyd Hospital's Tawel Fan ward was shut down in 2013. | Glan Clwyd Hospital's Tawel Fan ward was shut down in 2013. |
In the report, relatives said patients were treated like "animals" in a zoo. | In the report, relatives said patients were treated like "animals" in a zoo. |
The report's author, health specialist Donna Ockenden, told BBC Radio Wales it was "a terrible scandal" and "a stain on the NHS in Wales". | The report's author, health specialist Donna Ockenden, told BBC Radio Wales it was "a terrible scandal" and "a stain on the NHS in Wales". |
She said the families of the patients affected had written to the chairman of the health board stating what actions they expect to be taken. | She said the families of the patients affected had written to the chairman of the health board stating what actions they expect to be taken. |
'Out of patience' | 'Out of patience' |
Those expectations are for; the health board to accept the findings and recommendations in her report, action to be taken against the people found responsible, and a "board to ward" review to get to the bottom of how it happened. | Those expectations are for; the health board to accept the findings and recommendations in her report, action to be taken against the people found responsible, and a "board to ward" review to get to the bottom of how it happened. |
Ms Ockenden said: "My understanding is they've had a response saying the letter has been received and it's being considered carefully." | Ms Ockenden said: "My understanding is they've had a response saying the letter has been received and it's being considered carefully." |
She said the families had "run out of patience" and expected "fair, honest and transparent action in a timely way". | She said the families had "run out of patience" and expected "fair, honest and transparent action in a timely way". |
On Sunday, the older people's commissioner renewed calls to make it easier to prosecute those those who neglect patients. | On Sunday, the older people's commissioner renewed calls to make it easier to prosecute those those who neglect patients. |
Sarah Rochira said the revelations about care at Tawel Fan had been "horrific". | Sarah Rochira said the revelations about care at Tawel Fan had been "horrific". |
Labour's Vale of Clwyd AM Ann Jones told BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme the chief executive of the health board, Prof Trevor Purt, should be sacked. | Labour's Vale of Clwyd AM Ann Jones told BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme the chief executive of the health board, Prof Trevor Purt, should be sacked. |
"I think public confidence is rock bottom now and my confidence has been rocked by what has happened over the months leading up to this," she said. | "I think public confidence is rock bottom now and my confidence has been rocked by what has happened over the months leading up to this," she said. |
Mr Purt has already apologised on behalf of the board. | Mr Purt has already apologised on behalf of the board. |
Several members of staff on the ward are facing disciplinary procedures but North Wales Police decided not to pursue criminal charges after investigating allegations of mistreatment. | Several members of staff on the ward are facing disciplinary procedures but North Wales Police decided not to pursue criminal charges after investigating allegations of mistreatment. |
Analysis by Owain Clarke, BBC Wales health correspondent | |
The Tawel Fan report was one of the most damning and damaging ever published about standards of care in the Welsh NHS. | |
It contained accounts of the most vulnerable patients being subjected to what the report's author called inexcusable levels of care, if it could be called care at all. | |
The report made it clear this was not just a case of a few bad apples - the system failed here. There was institutional abuse, a failure of oversight and concerns not being listened to. | |
Although senior bosses of Betsi Cadwaladr health board have apologised, there has been a crescendo of calls for the Welsh government to take decisive action, essentially to take over some - if not all - of the health board's work. | |
How that works in practice we do not know because it is uncharted territory. | |
If it does happen, it is a big, big step. |