HMP & YOI Styal

Updated 11 November 2022

HMP and YOI Styal is a prison for female adults and young offenders. The prison is located in Styal, Cheshire and accommodates approximately 420 prisoners. The prison is operated by HM Prison and Probation Service.

Health services at HMP and YOI Styal are commissioned by NHS England & Improvement. The contract for the provision of healthcare services is held by Spectrum. Spectrum is registered with CQC to provide the regulated activities of diagnostic and screening procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.

Our previous comprehensive inspection was conducted jointly with HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) in October 2021 and published on the HMIP website on 12 January 2022.

Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP & YOI Styal by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 20 September and 4-8 October 2021 (justiceinspectorates.gov.uk)

We found a breach of Regulation 12, Safe Care and Treatment.

Updated 11 November 2022

We carried out an announced focused inspection of healthcare services provided by Spectrum Community Health C.I.C. at HMP and YOI Styal to follow up on the requirement notice issued after our last inspection in October 2021. At the last inspection, we found the quality of healthcare provided by Spectrum at this location required improvement. We issued a requirement notice in relation to Regulation 12, Safe Care and Treatment.

The purpose of this focused inspection was to determine if the healthcare services provided by Spectrum were meeting the legal requirements of the requirement notice; regulations under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and that patients were receiving safe care and treatment.

At this inspection we found the required improvements had been made and the provider was meeting the requirements for Regulation 12, Safe Care and Treatment.

We do not currently rate services provided in prisons. We highlight good practice and issues that service providers need to improve and take regulatory action as necessary.

At this inspection we found:

• Staff managed medicines safely

However;

• Managers had not fully implemented quality assurance processes to ensure changes in service delivery are embedded and effective.

The areas where the provider SHOULD make improvements:

• The provider should ensure systems and processes that enable the registered person to assess, monitor and improve the quality and safety of the services continue to be embedded.