Public inquiry into alleged abuse of patients by staff at Muckamore hospital

Muckamore Abbey Hospital in Northern Ireland (Liam McBurney/PA)

A public inquiry will be held into alleged abuse of patients by staff at Muckamore Abbey Hospital, Northern Ireland’s health minister has said.

A raft of allegations of physical abuse and mental cruelty to patients at the Co Antrim facility, which began to emerge in 2017, are being investigated by police.