Section two The fifth year In 2013–14, all members of the UK NPM continued to make regular visits to places of detention, monitor the treatment of and conditions for detainees and make recommendations to the relevant authorities. At this five-year juncture in the NPM’s history, efforts have been made to strengthen OPCAT compliance in areas of the NPM’s governance and practical monitoring work. In our NPM-wide annual report, we provide a brief overview of the main activity of the different NPM governance and coordination structures, as well as the priority areas of work for the NPM as a whole. We also note some of the areas in which NPM members furthered OPCAT compliance within their institutions as well as in joint working arrangements with other NPM members. NPM structure and coordination In October 2013 representatives from MWCS and CJINI stepped down from their roles on the NPM steering group. After consultation with members in their respective jurisdictions it was agreed at the NPM business meeting that representatives from HMIPS and RQIA would join the steering group. The steering group membership is as follows: • Nick Hardwick, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMI Prisons) • Theresa Nixon, Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) • David Strang, HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) • Evan Humphries, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) • Ian Smith, Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA). The steering group met four times over the year and meetings served to develop the NPM business plan and support preparations for the NPM’s five-year anniversary event as well as other priorities. The NPM’s biannual business meetings are its main forum for members to share findings, best practice, experiences and lessons from monitoring different types of detention and different jurisdictions. This year, one business meeting was held, in October 2013, and the five-year anniversary event in April replaced the second business meeting of the year. A new NPM coordinator was appointed and took up the role in September 2013. Member-specific developments The regular activities of NPM members that fall within their OPCAT mandate can be found in their respective annual reports. Here we draw attention to some of the specific ways in which NPM members implemented and furthered their work within the NPM, and where they developed OPCAT standards of preventive monitoring within existing practice. We also note major developments in their operating environment that affected their ability to perform their NPM functions. Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) published a report of its routine monitoring of Hillside Secure Centre in South Wales in February 2014. CSSIW, and the Welsh education inspectorate Estyn, found that the centre provided a high standard of care for the young people living there, supporting them at a difficult time in their life. One of CSSIW’s three regional teams also paid particular attention to monitoring progress in implementing the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010, in particular the provision in the Act that every inpatient should have access to an independent 19