Health Service ‘too slow’ investigating scandal

The report into his activities names 14 NHS institutions where abuse was carried out – previously only three had been made public.

Lawyer Liz Dux, who is representing 50 of his victims, said a number of those affected had already given evidence to the BBC probe, but that the NHS inquiries were taking place more slowly.

She said: “We have a concern that there are just no specific opportunities for victims to give evidence. Those organisations which have been named for the first time today must hold their own inquiries.”

The report said there were 22 cases of abuse at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, between 1965 and 1988. Savile was a fundraiser and volunteer at the hospital and had an office in the main building and a flat on site.

Another offence is said to have taken place at the nearby Wycombe General Hospital.

He is said to have carried out another crime at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital in Berkshire, in 1991. The presenter had his own set of keys to the hospital and also had an office and flat outside the main building.

A victim has also claimed they were abused at Ashworth Hospital High Secure Unit 20 years earlier.

Another reported case took place at the famous children’s hospital Great Ormond Street in 1971.

Hospital officials in Devon are investigating an offence alleged to have taken place at Exeter Hospital in 1970.

Meanwhile, one offence is said to have taken place at St Catherine’s Hospital in Birkenhead in 1964, at Portsmouth Royal Hospital, which has since closed, in 1968, and at the now-closed Saxondale Mental Health Hospital, near Nottingham, in 1971.