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Status of all recommendations

Results: 268 found
Publication date Publication title Recommendation Reviewed Status
8th November 2023 Custody Inspection Report - Dumfries and Galloway 2.

Police Scotland should ensure that sufficient and appropriately sized anti-harm garments are made available to detainees when these are required.

25th October 2024 Closed
8th November 2023 Custody Inspection Report - Dumfries and Galloway 5.

Police Scotland should ensure that custody staff receive appropriate training and guidance where cleaning is part of their role.

Open
8th November 2023 Custody Inspection Report - Dumfries and Galloway 13.

Police Scotland should ensure that custody staff are provided with appropriate training in relation to the administration of medication and that this is provided and refreshed in accordance with national guidance and best practice.

4th March 2025 Closed
18th October 2023 Thematic review of policing mental health in Scotland 1.

Scottish Government should commission a strategic review of the whole system relating to mental health, involving a range of scrutiny bodies.

13th March 2025 Closed
18th October 2023 Thematic review of policing mental health in Scotland 2.

With the support and engagement of the advisory panel, Police Scotland should develop and publish a mental health strategy (and delivery plan) that clearly articulates its purpose and vision in dealing with mental health-related incidents and allows the recommendations and areas for development highlighted in this review to be progressed.

Open
18th October 2023 Thematic review of policing mental health in Scotland 3.

Police Scotland should establish and implement internal governance arrangements to achieve its mental health strategy and delivery plan, once published.

Open
18th October 2023 Thematic review of policing mental health in Scotland 4.

Police Scotland and the SPA should develop, and report on, a performance management framework setting out how it will police mental health in Scotland.

Open
18th October 2023 Thematic review of policing mental health in Scotland 5.

Police Scotland should provide clear guidance and effective training for officers and staff, in line with its mental health strategy, to help address the culture of risk aversion evident in the policing of mental health-related incidents and to improve outcomes for people experiencing poor mental health.

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