Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for the contract awarded for the provision of health services at HMP Liverpool of the recommendations of the report of the Liverpool Community Health Independent Review, published in January 2018.

The Liverpool Community Health Independent Review identified failures in Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust’s provision of health services to HMP Liverpool and healthcare in HMP Liverpool is currently undergoing significant review.

Services are now in the process of being re-procured to new service specifications based on an updated Health Needs Assessment.

Detailed improvement plans have been put in place with clear lines of accountability for delivery, as well as enhanced systems for reporting, and quality monitoring to ensure that any health care risks or incidents are escalated appropriately.

Joint governance arrangements have been formalised between healthcare commissioners and the prison management team to oversee this work.