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NHS whistleblower claims mental health staff snapped patient’s neck

AN NHS nurse claims that her colleagues at a secure psychiatric ward in England broke a patient’s neck by violently restraining him.

The 36-year-old man, who suffered from learning difficulties, was then left lying in agony in his own faeces and urine for two days.

Four NHS staff, who are claimed to have held a grudge against the patient, believed that he was “putting it on.”

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