HM Courts and Tribunals Service

“psychiatric reports. Work to review the procedures for obtaining and providing psychiatric reports is already underway, recognising the particular gap in relation to provision of reports for the purposes of fitness to plead. Following your letter to , Chief Executive HMCTS, I can confirm that in July 2017 HMCTS and the Judicial Office re- issued existing guidance from 2010 on this process, with the caveat that it is recognised that some information may be out of date. The Senior Presiding Judge has”

“The ACCT document is currently being redesigned with a view to its nationwide re- introduction in early 2018. As part of this redesign, we will consider your suggestion that a summary sheet of ACCT observations and conversations be included”

“learning bulletin (ACCT - Case Reviews, CAREMAPs and Levels of Conversations and Observations) was issued to all prisons in July this year. The bulletin reminded staff that ACCT review meetings must be multidisciplinary and must take place within the specified timescales. It further stated that that where any individual involved in the prisoner's management cannot attend the review, they must submit written contributions”

“The PSI also states that unconvicted prisoners, such as [the deceased], must be allowed more frequent visits, and that establishments with a large number of unconvicted prisoners will require a more flexible system to enable rebooking of cancelled visits.”

“Our service specification 'Manage the Custodial and Post Release Periods' is clear that all individuals in custody must have a resettlement plan and that the offender manager must ensure that external agencies are notified of a prisoner's release. All prisons are expected to adhere to this specification, but I know that it is not fully in place across the estate, and we are currently implementing a new model of offender management in custody.”