Offender Health

Exhibitor

Wednesday 10th November 2010, Guoman Charing Cross Hotel - London, 09:00 - 16:00

Offender Health: Improving Healthcare Across the Criminal Justice System

Overview

It has been a year since Lord Bradley's review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system was published. The Bradley Report redefined the issue of mental ill-health among offenders and potential offenders.

To help deliver the necessary reforms the former government accepted Lord Bradley’s recommendation in full. A cross-government action plan, Improving health, supporting justice: the national delivery plan of the Health and Criminal Justice Programme Board, to improve the health of offenders in prison and in the community was launched in November 2009.

In The Coalition: our programme for government, the new coalition government makes it clear that the criminal justice system needs to be reformed. It will be interesting to see how policy in this area unfolds and whether the new coalition government will continue with the cross-government action plan on improving healthcare in the criminal justice system.

Improving offender health has been brought to the top of the agenda with The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) report calling for improvements in NHS healthcare provided for adults in the prison system in a joint report published 28 May 2010. While there were signs of improvement, a number of areas of weakness remained. In particular, it highlighted drug treatment and continuity of care - the arrangements in place for transfers between centers and for release as areas of major concern.

In response to the report, Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said: "Offenders are more likely to have poor health so the system designed to support them must be robust. The Department [of Health] is working closely with the NHS and partners to make sure offenders have access to the care they need when they need it."

Agenda

This forum will offer delegates the opportunity to discuss what progress has been made in improving the healthcare of offenders across the criminal justice system.

09:00	Coffee and Registration
09:50	Chairs Welcome and Address Sean Duggan, Joint Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health (CONFIRMED)
10:00	Next Steps in Offender Health Implementing Lord Bradley’s recommendations Delivering better care pathways for offenders Developing a cross-departmental strategy for managing offender health and social care Implementing the proposals and challenges for local delivery Improving capacity and capability Assessing individuals’ health needs in all courts over the next five years Ensuring that offenders have access to the same levels of healthcare as everyone else Richard Bradshaw, Director of Offender Health, Department of Health (CONFIRMED)
10:30	Meeting Needs of Vulnerable Defendants Delivering better outcomes in prosecution procedures Effective liaison and diversion services How well are police custody suites able to deal with health needs of those accused of offences? How should we best tackle the challenges? How we can effectively divert individuals with a mental health illness from the criminal justice system? John Thornhill JP, Chairman, Magistrates' Association (CONFIRMED)
10:50	The Police’s Role in Addressing the Health Needs of Offenders and Those Accused of Offending How should police ensure that they understand the mental health and learning disability characteristics of individuals before making arrests and preferring charges? How well are police custody suites able to deal with health needs of those accused of offences? How should we best tackle the challenges? How we can effectively divert individuals with a mental health illness from the criminal justice system? Kevin Huish, Sergeant's Central Committee, Custody & Mental Health Lead, Police Federation of England and Wales (CONFIRMED)
11:10	Questions and Answers Session
11:30	Coffee and Networking
11:50	Commissioning Healthcare in Prisons Findings from the Care Quality Commissions ‘Commissioning health care in prisons’ report Addressing the continuity of prisoners' health care during transfer and release Monitoring the quality of care given Providers of health care in prisons subject to new statutory registration and new enforcement powers Joining up services and encouraging PCTs to share knowledge and experience of what works in making prison health care personalised Sharing information appropriately and effectively Alex Baylis, Programme Manager, Care Quality Commission (CONFIRMED)
12:10	Drug Treatment in Prisons The Patel Review Addressing the different needs of drug misusers How can existing resources for drug treatment in prisons be used more effectively Improving the delivery of drug services to offenders in prison Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE, Chairman, National Prison Drug Treatment Review Group and Shadow Minister for Communities, House of Lords(CONFIRMED)
12:30	Ensuring Continuity of Care in the Community Improving access to primary care and treatment for offenders leaving custody Ensuring better information sharing and records management New ways of commissioning health improvement, patient safety and restorative justice Improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities Dr. Mark Williamson, Senior Medical Adviser Offender Health, SCLGCP, DH & National Clinical Lead for Prison Health IT, CfH General Practitioner, HMP Hull and the Quays, Hull (CONFIRMED)
12:50	Questions and Answers Session
13:00	Lunch and Networking
14:00	Improving Mental Health Services in the Criminal Justice System Multi-agency approach: Breaking down barriers and sharing information; End to end mental health care pathways in the CJS – what do we know about individual needs in each setting and how can services respond; The case for diversion – what works?; and The known unknowns- research and service development priorities for offender health. Dr Jane Senior, Research Project Manager, Offender Health Research Network (CONFIRMED)
14:20	No One Knows: Offenders with learning difficulties and learning disabilities Experiences of the criminal justice system by offenders with learning disabilities Delivering better care pathways Improving capacity and capability Supporting vulnerable defendants at the police station and in the criminal courts Providing appropriate support for prisoners with particular needs Jenny Talbot, Programme Manager, Prison Reform Trust (CONFIRMED)
14:40	Questions and Answers Session
15:00	Coffee and Networking
15:20	Addressing the Needs of Offenders with Personality Disorders Challenges faced by personality disordered offenders in prison and following release Achieving joined- up multi agency and multi-disciplinary work Addressing core needs Addressing the challenges of sentencing and resettlement for vulnerable offenders Providing a community based assessment and interventions service Overcoming stigma and facilitating social inclusion Lessons learnt from the Resettle pilot Diana Johnson, Resettle Service Director, & Vikki Baker, Associate Director (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) , Resettle (CONFIRMED)
15:40	Questions and Answers Session
16:00	Chairs Summary and Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Exhibitor

Partnerships in Care

SOVA

Audience

The audience will be representative of the diversity of the issue and the stakeholders present will include, community safety teams, police & fire authorities, LSP's, housing organisations, CDRP's, jobcentre plus, drug and alcohol action teams, youth offending teams, town centre managers, transport authorities, neighbourhood wardens, victims support, children’s trusts, ALOs, education authorities, licensing teams, environmental professionals, planning authorities, social inclusion officers, community cohesion officers, schools, local criminal justice boards, prison/probation service, PCT's, central government departments & bodies, unions, academia, the private, legal & voluntary sectors and all those involved in tackling violent extremism.