Fatal Accident Inquiries - prison custody deaths: Ministerial Accountability Board - final report

Annex B - Work Plan

Meeting

September

Suicide Prevention

Agenda Item

1. Lived experience engagement

• Guest attendance: bereaved family member

2. Site visit reflections

• Member reflections on visit to HMPYOI Polmont (HMP Stirling session scheduled for October)

3. Progress report

• Thematic focus: suicide prevention
• SPS presentation focused on Items in Use and Bedding
• Agreement of MAB position

4. Guest speaker

• Presentation by Professor Graham Towl: findings from the Talk to Me Independent Review

5. Talk to Me overhaul

• Reflections and agreement on MAB position relating to the Overhaul and Replacing Talk to Me
• SPS next steps - implementation of the new Talk to Me policy

NB: Due to time constraints, an additional session on the HMIPS inspection of Polmont will be arranged outside the September Board. HMIPS will brief the Cabinet Secretary directly, with a separate session for MAB members, supported by their August inspection report.

Meeting

December

Information Sharing

Agenda Item

1. Action owner updates

• System for comprehensive information transfer (recommendation 7)
• Digital infrastructure (recommendation 8)
• Health & justice interaction (recommendations 11–13)

2. Discussion with MAB members

• Reflection on progress and challenges

3. Progress report review

• Thematic focus: information sharing

4. Business in private

• Reflection on discussion and agreement of collective position on information sharing

NB: Meeting postponed from November.

Meeting

February

Systematic Change

Agenda Item

1. Guest speaker

• Presentation from Sheriff Principal Abercrombie on the independent FAI review

2. FAI review discussion

• Discussion with MAB members on key messages

3. Update on the establishment of the National Oversight Mechanism

• Update from Scottish Government
• Discussion with MAB members on NOM

4. Progress report review

• Thematic focus: systematic change

5. Business in private

• Discussion on key points and agreement of collective positionMeeting

Meeting

March

Bullying Prevention

Agenda Item

1. Lived experience engagement

• Guest attendance: bereaved family members

2. SPS update on bullying prevention

3. Justice Analysis and Strategy (JAS) presentation on data

4. Final progress report update

• Update from the Scottish Prison Service, Scottish Government and NHS Forth Valley on all progress to date, along with an indication of future progress still to be delivered

5. Final reflections

6. Business in private

• Discussion on key points and agreement of collective position

NB: The meeting was originally scheduled to take place in HMP & YOI Polmont; however, it was moved to St Andrew’s House.

Meeting

April

Agenda Item

Meeting did not take place due to pre-election period guidance.