Mental health unit care workers charged after BBC Panorama probe

Care workers charged following BBC Panorama probe

A BBC Panorama investigation revealed some patients were abused at a mental health unit in Greater Manchester

Two care workers have been charged with the ill-treatment of four people at a mental health unit which featured in an undercover BBC investigation.

The Panorama programme, broadcast in 2022, revealed that patients were humiliated and bullied at the Edenfield Centre in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.

Support worker Sheryl Price, 45, of Eldergreen Close in Bolton, faces 14 charges, while 42-year-old nurse Sara Coleman, of Mitford Street in Stretford, is accused of five.

Both have been bailed and are due to appear at Manchester Magistrates' Court on 25 March.