Emails from senior mental health trust staff say CCTV footage shows 'shocking' mistreatment.
BBC Midlands health correspondent
West Midlands Police said it had received a report on 6 January a patient had been assaulted at Penn Hospital, adding inquiries were continuing. In the email chain talking about the bed footage, Mr Masikane also wrote: "Another shocking incident and goes back to the issue I have raised about professional conduct, standards and practice.
The trust said in relation to Mr Masikane's comments about wanting to leave the trust: "These comments were an immediate reaction to a distressing incident that had happened and was via a private email conversation with a colleague.
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