Updated 18 July 2017
HMP & YOI Foston Hall operates as a women’s local resettlement prison, housing approximately 340 female offenders. Levels of need in the population is very high, with nearly all the women arriving at prison with mental and physical health concerns, such as depression, suicidal thoughts, mental health issues and drug and alcohol misuse. More than half the women have children aged under 18, and for a similar number it is their first time in prison.
Health care services are commissioned by NHS England, and provided by Care UK Clinical Services Limited which provides a range of healthcare services to prisoners, comparable to those found in the wider community, and has sub contracts in place to ensure that prisoners have access to services such as dental care.
CQC and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) undertake joint inspections under a memorandum of understanding. Further information on this and the joint methodology can be found by accessing the following website: http://www.cqc.org.uk/content/health-and-care-criminal-justice-system
CQC inspected this service with HMIP between the 22 and 25 June 2016. We found evidence that essential standards were not being met and two Requirement Notices were issued in relation to Regulation 12, Safe care and treatment, of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. This report can be found by accessing the following website: http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspections/