Updated 26 May 2017
HMP & YOI Chelmsford is a category B local and Young Offender Institution (YOI) and was built from 1830 onwards and became a young prisoners and local prison from 1987. Accommodating 745 young and adult offenders.
Care UK (H4H) Limited provide all health care services at the prison including, primary health care, mental health, a 12 bedded health care unit, GP services and dental services. The location, HMP Chelmsford registered to provide the regulated activities of, diagnostic and screening procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
CQC inspected healthcare services at the prison in partnership with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons from 11 to 14 April 2016. We found the provider, Care UK (H4H) was in breach of the regulations and we issued three Requirement Notices. We asked the provider to make improvements and we followed up on their progress during a focused inspection on 4 and 5 April 2017.
see link to report https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/wp.../Chelmsford-Web-2016.pd
During this focused inspection, we found the provider had made improvements in some areas and had failed to make significant improvement in other areas. We have issued a requirement notice for Regulation 9 Person centred care and Regulation 18 Staffing. The provider remains in breach of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. We found that the provider had met Regulation 12 Safe care and treatment.
Care UK (H4H) Limited is commissioned to provide health care services at the prison until 27 May 2017.