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<p>The health and safety of our staff and those in our care remains our primary priority.
Risks to staff are assessed and suitable controls implemented accordingly. The efficacy
of those controls is monitored at local and national level via a variety of processes
including joint audit work with prison unions. HM Prison & Probation Service’s
(HMPPS) leadership team is kept regularly informed of trends in injuries and ill health
and of the status of occupational risks its staff is facing and is thereby in a position
to respond accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS recognises that the physical, emotional
and social wellbeing of employees is paramount. All HMPPS staff have access to an
occupational health service and employee assistance programme. This includes 24 hour,
365 days a year access to signposting and counselling; trauma support services; a
wide ranging health promotion website and personal wellbeing zone.</p><p> </p><p>It
is a priority to ensure that prisons are places of safety and reform and the government
has invested an additional £70 million investment in safety, security and decency.
This has included £16 million to improve conditions for prisoners and staff and £7
million on new security measures, such as security scanners, improved searching techniques,
phone-blocking technology and a financial crime unit to target the criminal kingpins
operating in prisons</p>
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