Savile Abuse: 'NHS Is Very Different Now'

The series of NHS reports into Jimmy Savile's abuse are a window into a bygone age.

It is astonishing that an unqualified volunteer could be given unrestricted, and unsupervised access to hospitals day and night.

Astonishing, too, that he was allowed to help with intimate procedures such as bed baths and observe naked female psychiatric patients.

Most astonishing of all was that he got away with it.

He knew severely mentally ill patients in Broadmoor wouldn't be believed.

And the few patients who reported the abuse at Leeds General Infirmary were brushed aside.

His celebrity status - and the millions he raised for charity - meant he was untouchable.

The senior managers who would have held the authority to act were unaware of his dark side.

Rumours of his fondness for 'young ladies' circulated. But nobody delved any deeper. There was no culture of curiosity.

The NHS is very different today.

Hospitals are now far more suspicious about strangers, ward doors are locked and CCTV cameras are dotted around corridors.

Safeguarding measures have also been introduced to protect children.

But the reports make further recommendations to the NHS.

Volunteers and contractors should have background checks, patient concerns must be investigated and managers must be accountable.

The NHS needs to reassure patients that they are safe on the wards.

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