In April 2023, NPM bodies agreed a new Business Plan to implement the objectives agreed in 2022:
- To support NPM bodies in delivering their own responsibilities under OPCAT
- To undertake collective work and take joint action with a view to preventing ill treatment of detained people in the UK
- To promote awareness and understanding of OPCAT principles and the work of the NPM in the UK
- To liaise and work with international mechanism and organisations with a mandate to prevent ill treatment of detained people.
The following thematic Task and Finish Groups were launched to develop collective work:
- Mental health in detention
- Menopause in custody
- Deaths in custody
- Definitions of places of deprivation of liberty
- Immigration detention