We are With You - HMP Lincoln

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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 and reduced risk in the administration of alcohol withdrawal medicines.

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.

At the previous inspection we found that systems and processes were not effective in the proper and safe management of medicines. Staff undertook poor practices in delivering medicines for alcohol withdrawal to patients, including placing tablets in pots or plastic bags to be transported insecurely to the patient’s cell. Staff also did not take a copy of patients’ prescriptions with them when administering medicines at cell doors.

During this inspection we found that the provider had made improvements to medicines administration practices. WAWY had worked with healthcare partners and prison staff to ensure that medicines for alcohol withdrawal were now administered from appropriate clinical treatment rooms on each wing. In the 12 months prior to this inspection, 192 patients had been prescribed an alcohol detoxification programme. Of these, only 2 patients had their medicines administered at their cell door.

We spoke with 2 nurses during this inspection. Both staff members described the new practice for administering medicines to patients and knew what action to take on the rare occasion that medicines had be taken to the patient in their cell. This included using a lockable bag to transport medicines, printing individual patient prescriptions and being escorted by a prison officer to each cell, while all other prisoners remained locked in their cells.