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Recommendation 11
11
Acknowledged
Paragraph: 52
Identify reasons for delayed prisoner health screenings and implement remedial action plans
Conclusion
The NHS should identify why some establishments have difficulties screening prisoners within 24 hours of arrival and should put in place action plans with the healthcare providers at those establishments to remedy this.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government highlights mental health as a priority, mentioning ongoing collaboration and efforts by governors to ensure timely healthcare access. HMPPS is looking at promoting positive wellbeing and will recommence a programme of future regime design, but does not commit to the NHS identifying specific reasons for 24-hour screening failures or implementing targeted action plans to remedy them.
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Paragraph Reference:
52
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
As commissioners, NHS England and NHS Improvement provide support to parts of the system that may be experiencing difficulties. As part of contract performance monitoring, NHS England and NHS Improvement commissioners review a number of indicators including the completion of prison reception and secondary screening tools within the specified timeframes. This ensures that providers who are not consistently meeting their contractual targets can be identified and properly supported. Where that is the case, commissioners work with prison establishments to ensure action plans are developed to improve performance.
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