The family of a West Kingsdown father-of-three are still waiting, two years on, for his abusers to be brought to justice.

Grant Clarke’s mother and wife were so concerned about his treatment at the West Kent Neuro-rehabilitation Unit in Sevenoaks, they set up a secret camera in an iPod charger by his bedside.

The shocking footage revealed Grant Clarke having his call bell removed and his feeding tube cleared with a pen. 

It was later broadcast on a BBC Newsnight programme.

Mr Clarke was a fit 43-year-old director of an IT company when he suffered a massive brain haemorrhage in May 2012, which left him severely disabled.

After three months in hospital he made significant progress, but his family grew concerned when he was transferred to the facility in Sevenoaks.

They secretly filmed his care and the 10-day footage was so devastating he was immediately sent to another unit in Hildenborough. 

However, two years on, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have so far only held a preliminary hearing for the staff members responsible for Mr Clarke’s care.

The conduct hearings have been scheduled and cancelled on a number of occasions, causing considerable distress for his family. 

Wife Binny Moore, 43, of Vernon Close, West Kingsdown, told News Shopper: "Is this another stalling tactic?

"I haven’t heard from the NMC about a new hearing date yet but I don’t want a ‘proposed date’, I want a date to be confirmed - this has gone on for so long.

"It just prolongs the misery. They're hoping I'll go away but I won't.

"I can't believe these professional bodies are allowing this to happen, for these people who abused Grant to still be employed.

"I'm a company director and if someone had complained about my staff, I wouldn't take two years to investigate it."

Ms Moore is also frustrated with the way the General Medical Council and the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust have dealt with the situation.

She said: "I was told a student nurse would be disbarred following her treatment of Grant but she's still working.

"The trust offered Grant £15,000 but you'd get more for slipping over in a car park. It's ruined his life." 

A spokesman for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust told News Shopper last year: "We are appalled at what happened.”

When News Shopper approached the trust this month, a spokeswoman said: "When the patient’s family made a complaint, we immediately suspended three members of staff pending detailed investigations, notified all relevant authorities, met with the family and watched their footage.

"We subsequently created a robust action plan to address all concerns and the trust has met with the patient’s family on several occasions.

"Of the three members of staff suspended, one was subject to disciplinary action and has left the trust. Two others continue to undergo disciplinary proceedings.”

An NMC spokeswoman said: “We can’t confirm or deny whether a hearing has been scheduled.”