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Terms of reference for National Oversight Group for High Secure Hospitals
- Author:
- LEECH Jo
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document outlines how the National Oversight Group (NOG) will focus on interpreting policy and context across England and Wales as they apply to high secure services on a system wide basis. NOG will advise on the appropriate ‘direction of travel’ for high secure services, taking account of the requirements of the wider National Health Service (NHS) and criminal justice system (CJS). As a strategic advisory body, NOG will ensure that appropriate processes for policy development, commissioning and performance management are in place and working effectively, in the delivery of a national high secure system. The establishment of the High Secure Commissioning Team (HSCT) and development of the framework for the performance management of high security hospitals enables it to have this separate role. The document highlights the terms of reference for NGO and its role.
Clinical Secure Practice Forum: terms of reference
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Secure Services Policy team
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Clinical Secure Practice Forum is a sub-group of the National Oversight Group for High Secure Psychiatric Services. Increasingly, the three Trusts that provide High Secure Services are working to coordinate their efforts and cooperate in practical ways. This is evidenced by the development of a single, shared e-based security manual and work within the Clinical Security Practice Forum. The technology behind the security manual will be used for the development of common policy and practice. Over time, the Forum has increasingly been used as a vehicle for harmonisation and convergence of clinical and operational practice. This cooperation is an integral part of the operation of the high secure system and will enable common standards, identification of best practice, more consistent practice and greater integrity in the system. These Terms of Reference set out the role of the Forum. Terms include: to appraise and evaluate developing security thinking including technological developments; and To maintain links with Prison Service Security Group, National Offender Management Service (NOMS) physical security advisors, NHS Security Management Service (SMS) and Home Office Scientific Development Board.