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Decision Report 201404480

  • Case ref:
    201404480
  • Date:
    January 2016
  • Body:
    Scottish Prison Service
  • Sector:
    Prisons
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    medical assessments/reports

Summary

Mr C complained to us that the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) had appointed a person to carry out an assessment who did not meet the stated criteria specified in the tender document. We took independent advice from one of our medical advisers, who is a consultant psychiatrist. We found that, in making their decision to appoint someone to carry out the assessment, the SPS did so appropriately and in line with the service specification detailed in the tender document. As such, we did not uphold the complaint.

Updated: March 13, 2018