The Power of the Paedos - another high profile case hits the 'never happened' wall?

[Jan Klimkowski]

Now we learn that Savile had a room with a bed at Broadmoor.

Astonishingly, we also learn that for several years Savile was allowed to run this psychiatric prison hospital for the criminally dangerous and insane.

Whilst buggering and raping the patients.

:jawdrop: Now, how many people have ever in the history of prison and hospital administration have been placed in such a position? This is very telling. It would be entirely possible to establish who entrusted Savile with this position.

Cue a chorus of NOT ME GUV and non-denial denials......

The Department of Health (DoH) is to investigate the decision to appoint Sir Jimmy Savile as head of a taskforce overseeing Broadmoor hospital in 1988.

BBC News
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The DoH had responsibility for running the high-security hospital when Savile was appointed, but West London Mental Health NHS Trust has been in charge since 2001.

A DoH spokesman said: "We will investigate the Department of Health's conduct in apparently appointing Savile to this role.

"Although the framework for child protection and safeguarding for Broadmoor and other special hospital patients changed radically in 1999, we of course want to establish the circumstances and see if any lessons can be learned.

"In hindsight he should very obviously not have been appointed. Had anyone involved in the appointment been aware of allegations of abuse against Savile, we would not have expected him to have been appointed."


Broadmoor Hospital taskforce member

He added: "These are extremely disturbing allegations and we would expect any part of the NHS that is involved to cooperate fully with any investigation."

The Guardian reported that Savile's appointment came in 1988, after the hospital's management board was dismissed by the then health secretary Ken Clarke.

However, Mr Clarke's special adviser said the Conservative MP, who was made health secretary in July 1988, had no recollection of this, and the appointment may not have been made when he was in his post.

Alan Franey, who was on the taskforce with Savile, said it was set up by the DoH following a critical report which said patients were too institutionalised and not offered enough care at Broadmoor.

The hospital now houses only male adult patients, but in the 80s accompanied children were allowed to visit relatives at the hospital.

Mr Franey said that as a member of the taskforce, Savile would have been able to "come and go at the hospital as he pleased".

"I am shocked at what I've heard and read. This is not my experience of Jimmy Savile who I met informally," he said.

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When the BBC asked the DoH to explain what Savile's role involved, how much access he had to patients, how he came to be appointed to the role and whether he had keys to the hospital, a spokeswoman said: "We have to wait for the police investigation to uncover the facts.

"This issue dates back to the late 80s and will take time to gather all the facts."

The Metropolitan Police said it was now in contact with 40 potential victims of Savile and continued to liaise with 14 police forces. The Met has officially recorded 12 allegations of sexual offences but expects this number to grow.

The BBC said it would not be able to comment on the claims while the police investigation was ongoing.