Section Five Member overview
In the first annual report of the UK NPM, we
profiled each of the NPM members, setting
out detailed information relating to their
mandate, structure and methodology. Rather
than replicate that information in this report,
we have set out below a short description of
each member, as a reminder. We have also
included details of any significant changes to
the members that occurred during 2010–11.
Detailed information about each member
can be found in our first annual report, the
online database of UK NPM members, or the
annual reports or websites of the individual
members.43
As in our first annual report, information
about 19 organisations is included below,
even though only 18 are designated as
members of the NPM. The nineteenth
organisation, Independent Custody Visitors
Scotland, has not been designated separately
but is a member of the designated ICVA.
Care and Social Services
Inspectorate Wales
CSSIW regulates and inspects all social
care services in Wales. This includes secure
accommodation where children are placed
either for their offending behaviour or
because they pose a significant risk to
themselves or others. CSSIW also monitors
the deprivation of liberty safeguards during
its regular inspections of adult care homes.
Care Quality Commission
CQC is an independent statutory organisation
responsible for registering health and adult
social care services in England if they meet
essential standards of quality and safety, and
monitoring providers to check they continue
to meet those standards. CQC also monitors
the operation of the MHA, including those
who are detained under mental health law.
CQC carries out inspections of health care in
prisons and immigration detention alongside
HMIP, and participates in inspections of police
custody by HMIP and HMIC.
Criminal Justice Inspection
Northern Ireland
CJINI is a statutory body with responsibility
for inspecting all aspects of the criminal
justice system. CJINI’s mandate is broad and
it may inspect a range of places of detention,
including prisons, a juvenile justice centre,
police custody, court custody and secure care
facilities for children.
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
HIW regulates and inspects all health care in
Wales. Part of this role involves monitoring
compliance with mental health legislation
and ensuring that health care organisations
observe the deprivation of liberty safeguards
under the Mental Health Capacity Act 2005.
In doing so, HIW works closely with CSSIW,
which monitors the use of deprivation of
liberty safeguards in social care settings.
HIW also participates in HMIP-led inspections
of prisons in Wales, assessing the health
care provided to prisoners and ensuring
that it is equivalent to that provided in the
community.
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate
of Constabulary
HMIC has a statutory duty to inspect and
report on the efficiency and effectiveness
of policing. Following the ratification of
OPCAT, HMIC’s role has included carrying
out inspections of police custody facilities in
England and Wales in partnership with HMIP.
43 The online database of UK NPM members, compiled by the Human Rights Implementation Centre at the University of
Bristol in association with the members themselves, is available at www.bristol.ac.uk/law/research/centres-themes/hric/
hricnpmukdatabase/index.html. The website of each member of the NPM is provided at Appendix 2.
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