A woman has been arrested in connection with an assault at the Old Deanery care home in Braintree after an undercover BBC Panorama investigation.
Essex Police arrested a woman in her 40s at her Braintree home last night on suspicion of assaulting a care home resident.
The BBC programme, aired on Wednesday night, showed a woman slapping an elderly lady at the Deanery Hill home.
Seven carers have been sacked in total, including the woman shown apparently slapping, while another one worker merely suspended.
An Essex Police spokesman said: "A woman has been arrested in connection with an assault at a care home in Braintree after detectives examined the contents of a BBC Panorama programme.
"The documentary highlighted the treatment of residents inside the Old Deanery Care Home.
"Essex Police were denied an advance viewing of the programme so were only able to begin an investigation following its nationwide broadcast on Wednesday, April 30.
"On Friday evening (May 2), officers arrested a woman in her 40s at her home in Braintree on suspicion of assaulting a resident at the care home before being released on police bail until later this month pending further enquiries."
The force is keen to hear from anyone else who wishes to report allegations of crime or neglect at the home.
They should contact 01245 282103 or email op.zest@essex.pnn.police.uk
