19 & 20 September 2017
During an inspection looking at part of the service
We undertook a focused inspection on the 20 and 21 September 2017 under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. The purpose of the inspection was to follow up on a Requirement Notice that we issued following a previous focused inspection in September 2016 and to check that the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Act.
Our key findings were as follows:
- The trust was focused on increasing staffing levels and had implemented a rolling recruitment programme. To ensure a range of services were provided to patients, managers at the trust had reviewed the service and recruited a number of associate mental health practitioners to provide group work and one to one therapies.
- Joint working between partner agencies had developed since our previous inspection and was fully embedded across healthcare services.
- Prisoners could now self-refer to mental health services.
- Patients we spoke with were positive about their contact and experience of healthcare services within HMP Woodhill.