His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service

“We provide the following response on behalf of r the Prison, and we would like to take the opportunity to address you on each of your i f concerns in turn, for ease of reference”

“HMP Winchester is currently delivering monthly training and awareness sessions for all staff which incorporates both ACCT v6 and SASH training.”

“The Safety Intervention Meeting (SIM) is a multi-disciplinary safety risk management meeting, chaired by the Senior Management Team (SMT), providing support and multi-disciplinary guidance to Case Coordinators and case review teams.”

“All establishments are required to have an ACCT quality assurance process in place that ensures that quality assurance is carried out at a level and frequency that enables meaningful insight into how effectively support through ACCT is being implemented.”

“Following Mr [name redacted] death, HMP Winchester undertook a review of the quality assurance checks in place to ensure these are being completed appropriately, and which resulted in the implementation of a system for accountability which has robust procedures to follow up any identified concerns and promote effective practice throughout the staff group.”

“The final concern raised relates to ligature points in cells. HMPPS is currently undertaking a review of ligature-resistant cells, which have been designed to eliminate ligature points as far as possible.”

“On 9 March 2023, the Governor at HMP Birmingham issued a notice to staff on the subject of safeguarding, stating very clearly that when a prisoner is found to be neglecting their own welfare it is the responsibility of staff to ensure that appropriate action is taken to ensure that their needs are met using relevant processes and to provide ongoing support. Staff are reminded to report such instances to the prison safeguarding lead (the Head of Safer Custody) who will consider the suitability of”

“the commissioning of healthcare in English prisons is the responsibility of NHS England and NHS Improvement, and they are leading on work with HMPPS to implement inter-operability between SystmOne and NOMIS, in order to enable better sharing of information between prison and healthcare staff”

“NHSEI Health and Justice Quality Leads are required to approve the identification and selection of appropriately skilled and suitable individuals by the service provider.”