Scandal of care home sex predators free to target the vulnerable

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Treacey’s sister, Elaine Clark, and parents Pauline and Michael said: “There are no words to describe the impact of waiting for over 30 years for the abuse that devastated both Clive’s life and ours to finally receive proper scrutiny in this safeguarding adults review… “We can never forgive those who failed to protect Clive. Email rebecca.thomas@independent.co.uk open image in gallery Clive Treacey with his siblings The shocking failures highlighted in the safeguarding review come as new data from the Care Quality Commission shows almost 10,000 reports of sexual assault, harassment or abuse have been made in care homes between 2020 and 2023. Councils in both areas then commissioned Prof Preston-Shoot’s review to look into any failings by bodies such as the local authority, police and the David Lewis Centre care home in Cheshire where Mr Treacey lived before he was moved to Staffordshire. In 2015, Cheshire police received a report from St Andrews Healthcare, a private mental health hospital, revealing Mr Treacey had made disclosures about the alleged sexual abuse.