Latest news with #inspection
BBC News
5 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Leicestershire probation service rated 'inadequate' by inspectors
The probation service in Leicestershire and Rutland has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in three years following visits by Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Delivery Unit (PDU) was inspected by HM Inspectorate of Probation in inspection found the delivery of services to reduce the risk of harm posed by people on probation "insufficient" in most Jones, chief inspector of probation said there had been "encouraging signs of improvement" since the 2022 inspection which concluded that services in the area were "inadequate". The HM Inspectorate report said the PDU was one of the "largest" by overall caseload in England and Wales, with offices in Leicester, Coalville and Loughborough. 'Lack of liaison' Mr Jones said: "Since the previous inspection in 2022 the PDU has faced ongoing challenges including high staff turnover, elevated sickness rates and, like all PDUs and regions, a prolonged period of significant and frequent changes linked to early prison releases."Only in the past six months has there been a noticeable shift towards improvement."The inspection found the leadership team at the PDU was "well-respected" and staff across all grades said they felt able to provide feedback to senior according to the report there was "a lack of professional curiosity" with practitioners not responding to new information when they received it as well as a "lack of liaison" with other inspection also found in 24% of cases where child safeguarding information should have been requested it had not been, and in 15% of cases no request had been made for domestic abuse information when it should have report made six recommendations to the PDU, including to improve the quality of work to assess and review risk of harm, and to develop practitioners' confidence and skills in the use of professional Ministry of Justice, which has overall control of the probation service, said the government is "on track" to recruit 2,300 more probation officers nationally by March next year.A spokesperson said: "This will help ensure offenders receive robust supervision and improve the work probation does to keep the public safe."
CTV News
26-05-2025
- CTV News
Collision site may undergo safety study
The collision on Thorndale Road and Cobble Hills Road, which resulted in five deaths, may lead to an inspection of the intersection, CTV London's Bryan Bicknell reports.
BBC News
21-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Inverness care home submits formal complaint against watchdog
An Inverness care home has submitted a formal complaint to the Care Inspectorate, claiming protocol was broken during the watchdog's inspection earlier this year. Inspectors visited Castlehill Care Home in Cradlehall between 27 April and 7 May, and they raised "serious and significant concerns" in a report. The regulator issued an improvement notice against the 88-bed home, requesting significant action be taken over the next seven weeks. But Castlehill Care Home said it was "distinctly uneasy" with how the situation had developed. The home said it had concerns over what it described as the "lack of objectivity of the inspection team".The Care Inspectorate said it had no further comment to make.
The Independent
19-05-2025
- The Independent
Drugs and dilapidated, dirty accommodation concerns at HMP Ranby, probe finds
An inspection has identified drugs as a major concern at Ranby prison, with the report also highlighting that many inmates led a 'pretty bleak existence' in 'dilapidated and dirty' accommodation. HMP Ranby – a men's category C training and resettlement prison in Retford, Nottinghamshire – underwent an unannounced inspection by HM Inspectorate of Prisons between February 10 and 20. The report, published on Monday, revealed the inspection found outcomes for the 1,087 prisoners were 'not sufficiently good' in relation to four 'healthy prison tests' – safety, respect, purposeful activity and preparation for release. The facility had been rated good for safety and reasonably good for respect at its last inspection in April 2022, and the most recent probe found that five out of 12 of its previous recommendations about areas of key concern had been fully achieved. The top area of concern which the 2025 report made clear required 'immediate attention' was that there were 'too many drugs' in the prison. 'The influx of drones bringing large amounts of contraband into this East Midlands, category C prison was affecting outcomes for prisoners in many areas,' Charlie Taylor, chief inspector of prisons, said. 'Illicit drugs were the cause of poor attendance to activities and levels of violence that were now higher than most similar prisons. 'This led to a fall in our healthy prison assessment for 'safety' from good to not sufficiently good. 'With the random drug test results showing a positive rate of 23% and staggeringly, nearly a quarter of prisoners in our survey saying they had developed a drug or alcohol problem since they had been at the jail, there will need to be concerted action by the leadership and the prison service to make Ranby as safe as it was when we last inspected in 2022.' The survey also showed 61% of inmates said it was easy to get hold of illicit drugs. Leaders were praised for working hard to stop drugs from getting into the prison, with the report acknowledging there had been some arrests and convictions, but that drugs remained 'easily available' and drones delivering parcels 'persisted'. Another major concern was that many of the buildings were 'dilapidated and dirty', with prisoners struggling to access basic items such as bedding, cleaning materials and clothing. These conditions varied according to which blocks inmates were housed in. 'The 700 living on houseblocks one to three and five had a pretty bleak existence, living in accommodation that was now badly dilapidated, and with many cells lacking basic furniture and almost no self-cook facilities,' Mr Taylor said. 'By every measure things were worse for these men, the regime was much more limited, cell bells took longer to be answered and there were more drugs available.' These houseblocks were found to be dirty, with rubbish and food scattered in communal areas, according to the report. Also, many showers on these houseblocks needed fixing, the heating in several areas of the prison, including the chapel, was not working effectively and some of the flooring needed replacing. Many cells were discovered to be in poor condition containing damaged sockets, sinks and toilets, with many suffering from mould. The report also found that too many prisoners living in houseblocks one to three were not engaged in meaningful activity. Mr Taylor said: 'When inspectors ran a roll check, they found that only 10% of the men were in activity off the wing on houseblocks one, two and three while 35% were locked in their cells. 'Astonishingly, 300 men at Ranby were not in purposeful activity at all and were lucky if they got out of their cells for two hours as day.' But he said outcomes elsewhere were 'reasonable', explaining conditions in houseblocks four, six, seven and eight were better and cleaner, and that there was more for prisoners to do. 'For around a third of prisoners at Ranby outcomes were reasonable; they were housed in decent conditions and most had access to purposeful activity and some good time out of cell, but the rest lead a pretty diminished and depressing existence,' the chief inspector said. HMP Ranby was originally a Second World War army camp before it was converted to a prison in the early 1970s.
Bloomberg
17-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Acuren Agrees to Buy Engineering Firm NV5 for $1.7 Billion
Acuren Corp. has agreed to buy rival engineering and inspection-services provider NV5 Global Inc. for about $1.7 billion in cash and stock. NV5 investors will receive $23 per share, consisting of $10 in cash and $13 in shares of Acuren common stock, according to a statement Thursday. Acuren shareholders will own about 60% of the combined company, with NV5 investors holding the rest.
