highlighted a wide range of issues he regarded as being unfair in subsequent media coverage and characterised the situation as "trial by television", commenting that staff were unable to refute the allegations because they were bound by the Official Secrets Act and the confidentiality requirements of their job. He noted that the Boynton report did not uphold the core allegations: "It recommended about 200 changes to the hospital, of which 195 were fairly trivial technical administrative changes which were in progress anyway. The vast majority of the evidence of the Boynton committee exonerated the staff and found that there was no evidence of brutality or practices such as [the allegations of] using a wet towel around the neck to restrain patients". However, as a result of the Boynton Report the government introduced the Mental Health Act 1983. The act, among other matters, enhanced the importance of a patient's consent to treatment. Rampton was rated as “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission in 2019 - this was mainly due to low staffing levels. The standard was said to have fallen since 2018, when it was rated as “requiring improvement”. In December 2019 the trust set up a dedicated improvement board to try to “deal with cultural issues” which includes representatives of NHS England, the General Medical Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and the Care Quality Commission. Patients High-profile patients and former patients Charles Bronson - Notorious British criminal responsible for many assaults, riots, hostage situations, and robberies. Bruce George Peter Lee - One of the most prolific serial killers in UK history, responsible for the deaths of 26 people within a six-year span. Beverley Allitt - Serial killer who killed four children and attacked nine others when working as a nurse at a Lincolnshire hospital in 1991. Ian Ball - Attempted kidnapper of Princess Anne in 1974. Peter Bryan - Cannibalistic serial killer who murdered three people in London between 1993 and 2004, eating parts of their bodies after killing them. Stephen Shaun Griffiths - Serial killer nicknamed 'The Crossbow Cannibal' responsible for at least three murders (possibly as many as eleven). Ian Huntley - Perpetrator of the Soham murders at Soham, Cambridgeshire, in August 2002, was detained at the hospital for nearly two months after his arrest, but transferred to a mainstream prison on remand after being declared fit to stand trial. Thomas McDowell - Murderer of German rabbi