This inquiry seeks to understand the current scale of mental health need in prisons, and to identify what support exists and whether there are any gaps in provision.
Witnesses Dame Anne Owers (Chair at Independent Monitoring Boards), Juliet Lyon CBE (Chair at Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody), Martin Jones (Chief Executive Officer at Parole Board), Alex Chalk MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice), Phil Copple (Director General for Prisons at HM Prison and Probation Service), and Kate Davies CBE (Director for Health and Justice at NHS England and NHS Improvement)
Witnesses Dr Sarah Hewitt (Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Russell Green (Medical Director Mental Health and Substance Misuse at Practice Plus Group), Dr Sarah Allen (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Lead Psychologist for Health and Justice and OPD Services at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Jake Hard (Chair, Secure Environments Group at Royal College of General Practitioners), Dr Josanne Holloway (Chair of the Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry at Royal College of Psychiatrists), and Simon Newman RN (Head of Healthcare, HMP Berwyn at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board)