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<p>Throughout the pandemic HMPPS has been identifying and sharing lessons learned.
We have been listening to different perspectives and have paid attention to the challenges
for staff and prisoners. We have considered the many examples of positive practice
and have focussed our efforts to do the best for both staff and prisoners in very
difficult circumstances. Learning lessons is an ongoing process and we continue to
gather and share a range of information, including feedback from scrutiny bodies,
staff, those in our care and the voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p>We are feeding what
we have learned into prison safety and wellbeing initiatives, regime redesign, planning
and ongoing mitigations for prisoners. Prisons are also using lessons learned from
the Covid-19 pandemic to prioritise resources to focus on safety and wellbeing, adapt
provision, reinforce fair and decent behaviours and to show visible leadership. We
are building on learning with a programme of events in the Spring which will be an
opportunity for operational staff to share and reflect on learning from Covid to inform
practice and both recovery and future reforms.</p><p> </p><p>More routinely, bespoke
service improvement and work developed in response to common issues uses best practice
and lessons learned. This takes place through line management activity, between peers,
and through central support such as the Prison Performance Support Programme.</p><p>
</p><p>HMPPS Scrutiny Intelligence unit routinely reviews all external scrutiny and
internal assurance reports to draw out good practice and themes which are communicated
to prisons and more widely across HMPPS. They also identify where lessons could be
learned or implemented more effectively. Good practice and the areas requiring improvement
are also reported each month to the Prison Performance Committee to ensure best practices
and lessons learned are maintained among prisons.</p>
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