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New healthcare contract secured for south west prisons
We’re delighted to have been awarded the south west prison healthcare contracts for Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Prisons (BSGW) as well as both the Devon and Dorset clusters of prisons.
This new contract includes 10 prisons in total: HMPs Bristol, Leyhill, Erlestoke, and Ashford; HMPs The Verne, Portland, and Guys Marsh; and HMPs Exeter, Channings Wood, and Dartmoor.
The contract has been awarded for a seven-year period, beginning on 1 October 2022 for BSGW, working towards a potential start date of 1 December 2022 for the Devon and Dorset clusters of prisons.
Lawrence Mack, our Director of Forensic and Prison Services said: “We’re thrilled to bring the new prisons and staff onboard. We’re very much looking forward to meeting our new colleagues over the coming months and making them feel very welcome and part of the Oxleas family.”
Media enquiries
The communications team provides a point of contact for journalists to respond to all media enquiries.
We are happy to help journalists represent the trust accurately, so please do get in touch to ensure your facts and information are up-to-date before publishing your story.
Our media team is responsible for:
- Responding to media queries
- Arranging interviews with our nationally and internationally renowned experts who can talk about some of the trust’s specialist topics
For all media enquiries Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, please email oxl-tr.communications@nhs.net where a member of the team will review and action your request.
If you have an urgent enquiry outside of office hours or at the weekend, please contact our director on call via the Bracton Centre switchboard on 01322 294300.
Filming and photography requests
We receive documentary, location and broadcast filming requests on a regular basis – we consider all proposals on an individual basis and will try to accommodate proposals where possible, if appropriate.
No photography or filming is permitted without prior arrangement and agreement. Our patients always come first and we have a duty to protect their safety and confidentiality. Anyone found filming or taking photographs on the trust premises without the permission of the trust’s communications team will be asked to leave by the security department and may face prosecution.
Unless agreed otherwise, film crews and photographers must be accompanied by a member of the Communications Team at all times.
Contact: oxl-tr.communications@nhs.net
