EXCLUSIVE: Mental health patients ’raped and sexually assaulted’ in NHS care

Mental health patients have alleged they were raped and sexually assaulted while being treated by the NHS, in what has been described as a “national scandal“, as Sky’s Ashish Joshi reports. Patient 11, a new podcast investigation by Sky News and The Independent, uncovers nearly 20,000 complaints of sexual assault, abuse and harassment across mental health trusts in England since 2019. Listen to the podcast here: Read more here: SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Instagram: For more content go to and download our apps: Apple: Android Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: Sky News videos are also available in German here/Hier können Sie außerdem Sky News-Videos auf Deutsch finden: To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: