Police custodial and forensic medical services (FOI)

​Request

The request relates to healthcare professionals providing police custodial and forensic medical/healthcare services and is:

A

For the provision of the numbers of healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and paramedics – who may variously be referred to as Forensic Medical Examiners or Forensic Medical Officers or Custody or Forensic Nurse Practitioners or Custody or Forensic Nurse Managers or Custody or Forensic Paramedics, and Clinical Directors or similar titles) who have undertaken forensic medical and healthcare roles within police custody suites (as employees or under contracts of service) for the Jersey Police (or relevant employing authority, company, body or organisation) in the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (to date)?

B

For provision of the numbers of healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and paramedics – who may variously be referred to as Forensic Medical Examiners or Forensic Medical Officers or Custody or Forensic Nurse Practitioners or Custody or Forensic Nurse Managers or Custody or Forensic Paramedics, and Clinical Directors or similar titles) working for the Jersey Police (or relevant employing authority, company, body or organisation) who have had complaints made against them in the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (to date)?

What were the nature of those complaints?

C

For provision of the numbers of healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and paramedics – who may variously be referred to as Forensic Medical Examiners or Forensic Medical Officers or Custody or Forensic Nurse Practitioners or Custody or Forensic Nurse Managers or Custody or Forensic Paramedics, and Clinical Directors or similar titles) who have had their contracts of service or employment terminated by the Jersey Police (or relevant employing authority, company, body or organisation) in the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (to date)?

What was the reason for each termination?

D

For provision of the numbers of healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and paramedics – who may variously be referred to as Forensic Medical Examiners or Forensic Medical Officers or Custody or Forensic Nurse Practitioners or Custody or Forensic Nurse Managers or Custody or Forensic Paramedics, and Clinical Directors or similar titles) who have had their contracts of service of employment not renewed at the time of renewal by the Jersey Police (or relevant employing authority, company, body or organisation) in the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (to date)?

What was the reason for each non-renewal?

E

For provision of copies of any disciplinary and dispute processes utilised by the Jersey Police in the management of complaints about healthcare professionals working in the police custodial and forensic medical services settings.

F

For provision of the numbers of healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and paramedics – who may variously be referred to as Forensic Medical Examiners or Forensic Medical Officers or Custody or Forensic Nurse Practitioners or Custody or Forensic Nurse Managers or Custody or Forensic Paramedics, and Clinical Directors or similar titles) who have been referred to their respective professional bodies (namely the General Medical Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and the Health and Care Professions Council) by the Jersey Police (or relevant employing authority, company, body or organisation) in the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (to date)?

What was the reasons for each referral?

Response

A

The States of Jersey Police operate a full-time rota of four Force Medical Examiners (FME’s). Currently we have one additional locum for Covid resilience. In the last five years, The States of Jersey police have used nine separate FME’s in total. We do not employ custody nurses, paramedics or any other health service professionals.

B

No complaints have been received regarding the conduct of any of the FME’s for the period 2016 to November 2020.

C

No contracts have been terminated during this period.

D

Two contracts were not renewed. One owing to performance concerns over accuracy of documentation and record keeping. Nothing identified was sufficiently serious for the contract to be terminated or a referral to the GMC. One contract was not renewed due to the FME leaving the Island.

E

Information not held. Investigations are carried out as any other investigation into complaints.

F

No Information held.