The British governemnt has again spologised to victims who were absued by Jimmy Savile.
A series of new reports released today show sbuse victims of Savile ranged in age from five to 75 at one NHS hospital but allegations were never passed on to senior managers, a report has found.
Investigators at Leeds General Infirmary found the DJ and TV presenter's crimes stretched over five decades and his victims included men, women, boys and girls.
Staff were told about some of the incidents, but the allegations were not reported to hospital bosses, the report found.
The Leeds findings are among 28 hospital reports that lay out the scale of the serial sex offender's abuse on NHS premises.
Julian Hartley is CEO of Leeds Hospital.
At Broadmoor psychiatric hospital, where there were 11 allegations, Savile was allowed to watch and make inappropriate remarks as female patients stripped to take a bath.
The report found patchy implementation of security procedures by some staff at the hospital - which housed some of Britain's most dangerous killers - allowed him to reach patients areas unsupervised and without the knowledge of managers.
There was an atmosphere at the hospital that tolerated inappropriate behaviour and discouraged reporting, while Savile's "often flamboyantly inappropriate" attitude towards women was seen as part of his public act, the probe found.
Savile 'wore eyes as jewellery'
The Permanent Secretary of the UK Department of Health Una O'Brien today said "On behalf of the previous Department of Health and Social Security, and Department of Health, we are deeply sorry that inadequate processes in 1988 enabled Jimmy Savile to occupy a position of authority that he used to abuse his victims at Broadmoor Hospital".
"The Department of Health accepts that the procedures in 1988 were wholly inadequate for checking whether Jimmy Savile was a suitable person to be given a managerial role" she added.
The reports found "incredibly harrowing and disturbing" allegations from a witness that Savile had boasted about sexually abusing bodies in the Leeds Hospital mortuary.
Two unrelated witnesses told the inquiry that he wore huge rings made from the glass eyes of deceased patients at the hospital.
The British Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt made this statement to Parliament.
Professor Sue Proctor led the investigation into what happened at Leeds General Infirmary.
She says his role as a volunteer porter allowed him access to the mortuary at all hours.
Investigators found eight cases of Savile grooming his victims over several months - sometimes assisted by others.
Savile was able to visit the hospital unannounced at any time of day or night and he was allowed to assist in intimate care such as bed baths.
UK Health Secretary Hunt told MPs that one Leeds victim feared she was pregnant after being abused.
Savile died aged 84 in October 2011, a year before a TV documentary aired claims that he had sexually abused children.
Scotland Yard launched Operation Yewtree - its formal criminal investigation into his crimes - in October 2012.
Jimmy Savile denied any rumours of sex abuse made against him when speaking to Newstalk's Orla Barry back in March 2007.
Around 600 people came forward to provide information, with 450 complaints directly related to Savile.
A report by the Metropolitan Police and NSPCC in published in January 2013 found Savile was a "prolific, predatory sex offender" who abused children and adults over more than 50 years.
Police said they had recorded 214 crimes in 28 police force areas against Savile, including 34 allegations of rape but they concluded that he had been able to "hide in plain sight" due to his fame.
Earlier this month, a further NSPCC report revealed that he had abused at least 500 victims, including some as young as two.
