Contract award · 16 Oct 2023

Provision of Optometry Services for HMP Berwyn

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) awarded a contract to The Prison Opticians Company…

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Key facts

Value
£221,500
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Health & social care · Optician services (CPV 85160000)
Region
Wales
Timeline
  1. Contract date16 Oct 2023
  2. Published16 Oct 2023Published the same day

Description

HMP Berwyn is a purpose-built prison which opened in February 2017 in Wrexham, North Wales. The prison is a category C training prison for sentenced adult and young adult men. There is also a resettlement function for men from North Wales. The prison has a remand function for approximately 200 un-sentenced adult and young adult men within the total capacity of 2,106. The prison receives its remand population from courts within North Wales. In terms of the provision of health and wellbeing services it is important to recognise that while the population of the prison is 2,106 there are a significant number of men who will flow through the prison, be they remand or transfers. Responsibility for the provision of health services is fully devolved to the Welsh Government. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is responsible for meeting the health and wellbeing needs of the population in North Wales and this includes men and young adult men held in HMP Berwyn. A ‘Prison Health, Wel…

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