Archived: HMP Rye Hill

Updated 3 November 2017

HMP Rye Hill is a category B training prison, acting as a national resource for sentenced male adults who have been convicted of a current or previous sex offence(s). G4S Forensic and Medical Services (UK) Limited provide a range of healthcare services to prisoners, comparable to those found in the wider community.

On the 30 November 2016 we undertook a focussed inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. The purpose of the inspection was to follow up on requirement notices that we issued in February 2016, following a joint inspection with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons. In November 2016 we found that the provider had made some improvements, but was in breach of Regulation 17 Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.

Following the inspection we asked the provider to send a report of the changes they would make to comply with the regulation they were not meeting at that time.

The focused inspection report undertaken in November 2016 inspection can be found on our website at http://www.cqc.org.uk

Updated 3 November 2017

This inspection was a desk-based focussed inspection carried out on 26 September 2017. The purpose of the inspection was to confirm that the service provider, G4S Forensic and Medical Services (UK) Limited had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection on the 30 November 2016.

We found the provider had made the required improvements since our last inspection and was meeting the regulations that had previously been breached.

Our key findings were as follows:

• Effective governance systems were in place and these were used to monitor the delivery and quality of the service.

• Patient involvement in care planning had significantly improved and following training, staff were completing patient care plans.