Updated 28 April 2016
Background to HMP Standford Hill
HMP Standford Hill is an open prison on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, which was previously jointly
managed as part of a ‘cluster’ of Isle of Sheppey prisons. While some services continue to be shared, the prison is now independent and has its own governor. At the time of this unannounced inspection HMP Standford Hill held 456 adult men, nearly all of whom were coming to the end of a long prison sentence, or nearing the expiry of a life sentence tariff. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust provide dental care at HMP Standford Hill.The location is registered to provide the regulated activities, diagnostic and screening procedures, surgical procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
CQC inspected the services in partnership with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons on 6 to 9 July 2015 and asked the provider to make improvements regarding:
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Safe care and treatment
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Infection prevention and control
These constituted breaches of Regulation 12 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. We checked these areas as part of this focussed inspection and found they had been resolved.
Our Inspection Team
The inspection was led by a CQC inspector who had access to remote advice from a specialist advisor.
Why we carried out this inspection
We carried out an unannounced focussed inspection on 25 February 2016 under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. We inspected to check whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the
Health and Social Care Act 2008, specifically whether they had satisfied one requirement notice issued on 9 November 2015.
During this inspection we inspected the provider against one of the five questions we ask about services:
• is the service safe?
This question therefore formed the framework for the areas we looked at during the inspection.
How we carried out this inspection
Before our inspection we reviewed a range of information that we held about the service and asked other organisations to share what intelligence they could. During the inspection we spoke with staff who provide the service. We looked at a range of documents, including cleaning rotas and infection controls audits. We carried out a thorough visual examination of the dentist suite and previous decontamination area.