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Celebrating double award success – shortlisted for 8 national awards!

September 8, 2025

We've been shortlisted for eight prestigious national awards across two major events – the Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards...

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Representing our people, respecting our roots and reinforcing race equality

August 9, 2025

Neela Syeda, Chair of the Race Equality Network (REN) at Practice Plus Group, shared her story and her vision for...

Unlocking career progression: Practice Plus Group Health in Justice (HiJ) apprenticeships

February 7, 2024

Practice Plus Group HiJ can make gaining your qualifications a realistic possibility.

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Health in Justice secures NHS Gold Standard Mark

February 5, 2024

We’re proud to announce that our Preceptorship Pathway has been awarded the Gold Standard Interim Quality Mark from NHS England.

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Call PHILL: Prisoner Health Information and Liaison Line

December 22, 2023

Call PHILL, which stands for the Prisoner Health Information and Liaison Line, is a confidential phone line set up for...

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National Peer Supporter Awards celebrate patient volunteers at HMP Five Wells

August 24, 2023

Our National Peer Supporter Awards aims to champion the volunteering efforts of patients within prison.

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PNA café at HMP YOI Brinsford

August 17, 2023

HMP YOI Brinsford hosted its first Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) Café – a new and innovative bi-monthly event with a ‘menu’ of...

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Staff wellbeing takes centre stage within Health in Justice

March 20, 2023

To help boost staff wellbeing activities throughout our sites, we recently ran a competition, inviting entries from those championing wellbeing...

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Mental health in justice takes centre stage at conference

February 23, 2023

On 20th February, our health in justice team hosted its first Mental Health Conference alongside partner organisations

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Veteran Aware update

January 12, 2023

We’re delighted to be able to share an update on our journey to become a ‘veteran aware’ organisation.

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Nurse shortlisted for top nursing award

June 24, 2022

Coming to hospital for surgery means a lot to think about, including being prepared. That’s why we’ve shared our tips for preparing...

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June 21, 2022

Call PHILL, is a confidential phone line for family and friends to share information about the health and wellbeing of...

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Over 1,000 patients treated for Hep C

August 3, 2021

Coming to hospital for surgery means a lot to think about, including being prepared. That’s why we’ve shared our tips for preparing...

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Hepatitis C: Prison micro-elimination

July 27, 2021

A project to eliminate the virus hepatitis C (HCV) from prisons in England took a step closer to success on...

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National first for HMP Doncaster

July 8, 2021

HMP Doncaster has become the first large remand prison in England, with healthcare run by Practice Plus Group.

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Managing healthcare: Five Wells prison

May 18, 2021

Practice Plus Group HiJ has been selected to run prison healthcare at the country’s newest category C resettlement prison, Five...

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Test and treat hepatitis C campaign

May 7, 2021

Coming to hospital for surgery means a lot to think about, including being prepared. That’s why we’ve shared our tips for preparing...

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How has the pandemic impacted healthcare recruitment?

May 6, 2021

Coming to hospital for surgery means a lot to think about, including being prepared. That’s why we’ve shared our tips for preparing...

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Aylesbury prison anti-obesity programme praised by HMIP

April 20, 2021

Healthcare and a wellbeing programme to beat prisoner obesity at HMP Grendon, Aylesbury, have been praised in the latest report...

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Supporting prisoner wellbeing with art

March 2, 2021

Coming to hospital for surgery means a lot to think about, including being prepared. That’s why we’ve shared our tips for preparing...

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Nurse takes on healthcare for prisons

January 6, 2021

A Skipton nurse takes on prison healthcare, being appointed to the new post of director of nursing and quality for...

Patient engagement work commended by national awards

November 12, 2020

Our team is delighted to have received a high commendation for patient engagement work at the prestigious Patient Safety Awards.