Actions speak louder: A second review of healthcare in ... - HMCPSI

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER
Findings
Our findings follow the format used in the phase 4 inspection reports. They will be
broken down into:
• Work in the courts.
• Work with children and young people in the community.
• Work with children and young people subject to custodial sentences.
• Victims and restorative justice.
• Management and leadership.
Since we believe strongly in the importance of positive improvement through
inspection, we include good practice in this report, alongside comments on areas
that would benefit from further change and improvement.
Contextual data from our case assessments
The majority of cases our health inspectors looked at were white males (figure 1)
although specific inspections did highlight some difficulties in designing appropriate
interventions with females, particularly in relation to alcohol and drug misuse.
Figure 1: Sample of cases reviewed by health inspectors (by group)
Gender
20%
female
80% male 80%
Race and ethnic origin
2%
10%
8%
Asian
Black
Mixed
White
Note: The wider sample of case assessments, which included those cases assessed
by probation and education inspectors, showed 80% male with 82% White, 8% Black,
6% mixed, 3% Asian and 1% other.
There have been good examples of interventions designed to meet the specific
needs of minority groups.
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