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CQC report raises major staffing concerns in secure care settings
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has released their State of Care 2022/23 report, highlighting major concerns about staffing in secure care and immigration settings in England.
NPM responds to Scottish Human Rights Bill consultation
The Scotland Subgroup of the UK National Preventive Mechanism has submitted its response to the Scottish Government’s Human Rights Bill consultation, broadly welcoming the Bill, but with hopes for the inclusion of the UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) and Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT), and a more ambitious programme of delivery.
Statement from UK NPM Chair Wendy Sinclair-Gieben
Response to the Committee on the Prevention of Torture ad hoc Visit Report to the United Kingdom in November 2022
UK NPM statement on CPT report on periodic visit to England July 2022
Statement from the UK NPM in response to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) report to the United Kingdom on their 2021 June visit to England.
Scottish Government publish significant reforms to Bail and Release influenced by NPM consultation submission
Find links to the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill, an the NPM Scotland Subgroup's consultation submission.
Human Rights Body reports on impact of Pandemic
The UK’s National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) – which scrutinises all state detention in the UK - has today published its 12th Annual Report. This year’s report focuses on the challenges and impacts of the COVID pandemic on people deprived of their liberty in the UK, as well as on inspection and monitoring bodies.
UK NPM statement on CPT report on their 2019 visit to Scotland
Statement from the UK NPM in response to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) report to the United Kingdom on their 2019 visit to Scotland
Statement from the NPM on the Committee for the Prevention of Torture’s report on England
Statement from the UK NPM in response to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) report to the United Kingdom on their 2019 visit to England.