Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has identified service gaps in the provision of primary care, mental health, dentistry and substance misuse services at HMP/YOI Downview.

Primary care, mental health, dentistry, and substance misuse services at HMP/YOI Downview are delivered under the national specification for integrated healthcare.

As part of the commissioning monitoring processes outlined in the NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework, which covers all National Health Service commissioned services, including health and justice, providers are measured against the mandatory performance indicators within the national specification and any potential inconsistencies in service delivery are identified.

Independent processes are also embedded within service delivery monitoring. These include annual healthcare needs assessments, equality impact assessments, Independent Monitoring Board reports, Care Quality Commission reports and inspections, and user experience consultations. An annual user experience has also been carried out across all prisons in the South East.