Wes Streeting praises Independent’s ‘shocking’ exposé that led to closure of children’s hospital

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Wes Streeting has praised The Independent’s reporting on a children’s hospital where staff allegedly physically abused patients by dragging them by the feet, saying that the exposé was “truly shocking”. Joyce Parker Hospital, a children’s mental health unit run by Cygnet Health Care in Coventry, will now close following the claims first highlighted by this publication. Joyce Parker Hospital, a children’s mental health unit run by Cygnet Health Care in Coventry, is set to close “We’ve got to make sure that in everything we are doing throughout health and care services the safety of the patients, the safety of the care user, is the first consideration.” Parents of NHS patients in the unit have been told Joyce Parker is to close and will reopen as a hospital for adults just weeks later. Streeting said ‘sunlight is the best disinfectant’ A spokesperson for Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital said: “After careful consideration, we have made the decision to change the services offered at the hospital and to discontinue our child and adolescent mental health provision at the site.