Government Legal Department

“plans to review the reception screening process to introduce a standard template for first reception screening across its prison healthcare settings.”

“In response to this concern, a process has been put in place to ensure that staff gain access to historical information where this information is available. Offender Management Unit staff are now responsible for ensuring that historical risk indicators are disseminated to Healthcare, Reception and the Safer Prisons team. This information is drawn from the pre-transfer report (a document which includes all the prisoner's details including ACCT information and case notes), which is sent to the”