Paragraph 26 Core facilities and services to be providedI1

England and Wales As made

(1)

No service users may be accommodated on the Order land unless—

(a)

the Home Secretary has made arrangements for the facilities specified in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) and the services specified in sub-paragraphs (4) to (6) to be available, free of charge at the point of use, to or in respect of resident service users;

(b)

those arrangements remain in place.

(2)

The facility is a medical isolation facility for resident service users, with at least 40 isolation beds and access to sufficient nursing staff to provide care to those who may be accommodated in it.

(3)

The facility is a medical centre for resident service users on the Order land—

(a)

staffed by an on-site medical team comprising at least—

(i)

a health care assistant;

(ii)

a mental health nurse;

(iii)

a general nurse;

(iv)

an advanced nurse practitioner;

(v)

a general practitioner (that is, a person whose name is contained in the General Practitioner Register as defined in section 34C (general practitioner register) of the Medical Act 1983^f1 or a fully registered person, as defined in section 55 of that Act (interpretation)^f2);

(b)

where resident service users may—

(i)

(ii)

book and attend appointments with on-site medical staff;

(iii)

book appointments to receive other services specified in sub-paragraph (4);

(iv)

be treated for minor injuries and illnesses.

(4)

The services are the following—

(a)

medical health screening of service users when they first arrive at the authorised development;

(b)

immunisation against diseases;

(c)

a system that enables them to collect medicine that has been lawfully prescribed for them;

(d)

a low-level trauma-informed mental health support service;

(e)

confidential health advice;

(f)

emergency dental care provided by a person registered in the register kept under section 14 (dentists register and registrar) of the Dentists Act 1984^f3;

(g)

eye tests, to be provided by a person registered in the register of optometrists maintained under section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989 (registers of opticians)^f4.

(5)

The service is that suitably trained security personnel are stationed on the Order land at all times.

(6)

The service is the provision of—

(a)

a regular free shuttle bus service for resident service users from the Order land to Lincoln, Gainsborough and Newark-on-Trent, with—

(i)

buses departing for and arriving from each of these destinations at least three times a day;

(ii)

each bus having the capacity to seat at least 16 service users;

(b)

such other transport services as are necessary to enable resident service users to access the services specified in sub-paragraph (4), or hospital appointments.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 26 in force at 11.4.2024, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: 1983 c. 54. Section 34C was inserted by S.I. 2010/234.
f2: Section 55 was amended by S.I. 2000/3041, 2006/1914, 2007/3101, 2008/1774, 2019/593; there are other amendments but none is relevant.
f3: 1984 c. 24. Section 14 was amended by S.I. 2005/2011, 2007/3101, 2019/593.
f4: 1989 c. 44. Section 7 was amended by S.I. 2005/848.