Updated 21 June 2017
HMP Risley is a category C training and resettlement prison for around 1,110 adults. It is located near Warrington in Cheshire, between Liverpool and Manchester. Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provide the majority of health care services at the prison including, primary health care, dental services and GP services. The location, Bridgewater CHCFT HMP Risley is registered to provide the regulated activities of, diagnostic and screening procedures, surgical procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
CQC inspected healthcare services at the prison in partnership with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons from 20 - 23 June 2016. We found the provider, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was in breach of the regulations and we issued a Requirement Notice. We asked the provider to make improvements and we followed up on their progress during a focused inspection on 3 May 2017.
During this focused inspection, we found the provider had made significant improvements, had taken necessary action and was meeting the regulations.