Section four Appendices
in order to observe the standards of care,
to interview any person working on the
premises and (with the child’s consent) to
interview the child in private. OCC has used
this power to visit the youth justice secure
estate, immigration settings and medium
secure mental health facilities.
http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/
Regulation and Quality Improvement
Authority
RQIA is empowered to monitor the
availability and accessibility of health and
social care services in Northern Ireland and
promote improvement in the quality of
these services. A key element of its role is
to inspect the provision of health and social
care in places of detention, including prisons,
secure accommodation for children or places
where people are detained under mental
health law. In October 2011, the final report
of a review of the Northern Ireland Prison
Service was published.50 The report made
40 recommendations, 10 of which related
specifically to the provision of health care
in prisons. RQIA was asked to provide an
independent assessment to the Oversight
Committee on the implementation of the
10 recommendations relating to health care.
In March 2014 RQIA reported back to the
Oversight Committee on a number of the
relevant health care recommendations, which
were successfully signed off by the Committee.
http://www.rqia.org.uk/home/index.cfm
Scottish Human Rights Commission
The SHRC is an independent statutory body
with the power to enter places of detention
and report on the rights of detainees. The
Commission’s general duty is to promote
awareness, understanding and respect for
human rights and, in particular, to encourage
best practice in relation to them.
http://scottishhumanrights.com/
50 Review of the Northern Ireland Prison Service: Conditions, Management and oversight of all prisons: Prison Review Team
Final Report, October 2011
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