Report Summary
This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with an overview of HMICS Custody Inspection Report - Lanarkshire.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 12 September 2023
Date : 12 September 2023
Location : online
Further Detail
During the course of 2022, HMICS and HIS collaborated on a baseline review of the provision of healthcare services to police custody centres across Scotland. A report outlining the findings and recommendations was published in January 2023. The learning from the review has been used to support HIS to develop an interim framework to inspect healthcare services within police custody, and for the scrutiny partners to devise a methodology for the joint inspection of police custody centres.
As part of this overarching review it was agreed that HMICS and HIS would undertake two joint custody inspections in order to continue to develop inspection methodology and to complete the inspection framework. Following the inspection of the primary custody centres in Lanarkshire, a second inspection was undertaken of the primary custody facilities in Tayside (agenda item 4.6).
The report provides a detailed analysis of the provision of healthcare at the custody centre and outlines information relevant to the efficiency and effectiveness of custody centre operations. It makes recommendations for both Police Scotland and the Health and Social Care Partnership responsible for the provision of healthcare at the custody centre.
The report outlines key findings that describe positive practice that was found during the inspection and makes fifteen recommendations that aim to improve custody services and the provision of healthcare in order to achieve better outcomes for people in police custody.
