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HMP Wandsworth: Health Services

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 15839, tabled on 25 November 2024

Question

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
Labour
Tooting
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of healthcare provision in HMP Wandsworth.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Labour
Aberafan Maesteg
Commons

Answered on

4 December 2024

Healthcare services at HMP Wandsworth underwent inspection, jointly undertaken by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and the Care Quality Commission, in May 2024. The joint inspectorate noted that improvements had been made across the provision of healthcare since the last inspection. The full report is available at the following link:

https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_reports/hmp-wandsworth-3/

NHS England continues to monitor service provision and the quality of the healthcare service, meeting with the healthcare provider on a quarterly basis to discuss quality and assurance matters. Quality and assurance visits to the service are also taking place, attended by the Lead Commissioner and Clinical Quality Lead.

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Department of Health and Social Care
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