25 November 2009
BBC Wales health correspondent
There are calls for an independent inquiry into the body that inspects care homes in Wales after a BBC investigation showed some are repeatedly failing to meet basic standards.
The Week In Week Out 'Who Cares in Wales' programme looks at whether vulnerable elderly people's rights are being protected by the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW).
The owner of a care home in south Wales which was at the centre of the investigation failed in an attempt at the High Court to stop the programme from being broadcast.
The programme includes undercover filming at the home - which shows rules being breached repeatedly - with frail elderly people being lifted incorrectly, and the dignity of residents being compromised.
The Welsh Assembly Government says it is confident in the way the CSSIW carries out checks on care homes.
On Wednesday, it issued revised guidelines which it says will protect vulnerable adults.
But the chair of the assembly's public accounts committee is calling for an independent inquiry.
Abridged
SOURCE: BBC News, UK
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