Nine informal complaints were made about the sexual behaviour of paedophile Jimmy Savile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital but none "were either taken seriously or escalated to senior management", a report into his abuse of 60 victims there has found. A formal complaint was also made but later dropped.
Jimmy Savile's decades of sexual abuse across the country could have been brought to a halt if a formal complaint had been properly dealt with, the author of a report into his behaviour at Stoke Mandeville hospital has said.
Dr Androulla Johnstone told a press conference that had the complaint, which was later dropped, been "managed properly", the entertainer "would probably have been apprehended at that point".
She added that the officials made aware of Savile's abuse had "failed in their duty to protect".
Dr Johnstone said around a third of his attacks were made against patients, 10 of whom were under the age of 12. They ranged from inappropriate touching to rape.
The trauma of staff and patients at Stoke Mandeville Hospital who were subjected to attacks by Jimmy Savile has been laid bare in a report.
Two reports released today give insight into the abuses carried out by Jimmy Savile, and how "many elements" could be repeated in future.
Stoke Mandeville Hospital staff knew of Jimmy Savile's abuse of young patients, a lawyer has said ahead of a report to be published later.