HMP Humber (Prison Healthcare)

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• Overview
• Learning culture
• Safe systems, pathways and transitions
• Safeguarding
• Involving people to manage risks
• Safe environments
• Safe and effective staffing
• Infection prevention and control
• Medicines optimisation

We assessed 1 quality statement in this key question. The provider had made sufficient progress to address the regulatory breach found at our previous inspection. We found the provider had made improvements in the management of stock and required audits for the use of the critical and emergency medicines cupboard.

Find out what we look at when we assess this area in our information about our new Single assessment framework.

The judgement for Learning culture is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

The judgement for Safe systems, pathways and transitions is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

The judgement for Safeguarding is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

The judgement for Involving people to manage risks is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

The judgement for Safe environments is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

The judgement for Safe and effective staffing is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

The judgement for Infection prevention and control is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

Medicines optimisation

At the previous inspection we found that systems and processes were not effective in the proper and safe management of medicines. During this inspection we found that the provider had strengthened the procedures in relation to the use and management of the critical and emergency medicines cupboard. Staff had reviewed and reduced the range of medicines required to be stored, whilst still meeting the needs of patients. All medicines were stored in a locked secure cupboard. Each medicine was stored individually in folders with accompanying paperwork; this meant staff had easy access to the current paperwork to complete stock checks and audits. Managers had adapted paperwork to include incident reporting references; this ensured when recording was not at the required standard, incident reports could be submitted and cross referenced against each medicine.

We checked critical and emergency medicines records from 01 December 2025 to 24 March 2026; we found that staff and managers routinely completed the required weekly checks of all medicines. We found one example of a reported incident in relation to missing medicines in December 2025.

However, we identified one example of where the weekly check failed to recognise an incorrect stock balance for an antibiotic. Staff reviewed the discrepancy whilst we were on site and quickly identified that the medicine had been administered to a patient, but this had not been recorded on the stock balance sheet.