Andrew Hamilton
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Recommendations
Recommendations (the sheriff's words)1. That a number of defibrillator machines are made available in HMP Dumfries for emergency use by prison staff when the prison medical centre is closed.
2. That Scottish Prison Service (SPS) install and maintain a system of individual cell emergency alarms which is effective at all times.
3. That consideration should be given by SPS to enabling a prison doctor to have appropriate access to relevant prisoner medical records when advice is being provided by the doctor in relation to a prisoner from a location other than the prison.
Under section 28 of the 2016 Act, each recipient of a recommendation must respond within 8 weeks. The 8-week window is counted from the publication date. See how we track responses.
Section 28 responses
Overall status, as assessed by this site: Response pending
No response has been identified on the case landing page yet. The 8-week window has closed without a published response or non-response notice.
About Fatal Accident Inquiries
Fatal Accident Inquiries are held under the 2016 Act before a sheriff. They are mandatory for deaths in custody and at work. The sheriff may make recommendations under s.26(1)(b); recipients must respond within 8 weeks under s.28. See the methodology page for detail.
Data: scotcourts.gov.uk.