Updated 21 January 2025
We carried out a focused inspection of healthcare services provided by Practice Group Plus Health and Rehabilitation Services (PPG) at HMP Onley. At our last CQC focused inspection in October 2023, we found that the quality of healthcare provided by PPG at this location required improvement. We issued Requirement Notices in relation to Regulation 12, Safe Care and Treatment. The purpose of this focused assessment was to determine if the healthcare services provided by PPG were meeting the legal requirements of the relevant regulation. At this assessment, we found that improvements had been made, and PPG was no longer in breach of regulation 12. We do not currently rate services provided in prisons. We highlight good practice and issues that service providers need to improve and take regulatory action as necessary. The assessment was carried out remotely by one Care Quality Commission inspector and one Care Quality Commission Medicines Optimisation inspector. Before this assessment, we reviewed a range of information provided by PPG including the action plan associated with the Requirement Notice. During the assessment, we looked at a range of records and spoke with a range of staff. HMP Onley is a category C training and resettlement prison in rural Northamptonshire. The prison accommodates up to 742 adult male prisoners. The provider is registered with the CQC to provide the following regulated activities at the location: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury and diagnostic and screening procedures. The link for the Care Quality Commission focussed inspection was published on our website: https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-13454107727/inspection-summary Our last comprehensive inspection was conducted jointly with HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) in June 2022 and published on the HMIP website: https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_reports/hmp-onley/