To procure a new contract for Healthcare in British Transport Police (BTP) London Custody Suites that will replace the current arrangement ensuring that core policing business and BTP's strategic aims are delivered and its legal obligations are met.

Procurement of a new contract for Healthcare in British Transport Police (BTP) London Custody Suites that will replace the current arrangement ensuring that core policing business and BTP's strategic aims are delivered and its legal obligations are met. Chief Police Officers have a statutory responsibility to ensure that detainees have access to appropriate professional healthcare whilst in police detention. Healthcare provision in custody suites is mandated by the Safer Detention and Handling of Persons in Police detention guidance, 2012 and is required by the provisions in The Police and Criminal Evidence Act, 1984 (PACE). The custody function and BTP duty of care to detainees is within the scope of the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974 and The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act, 2007.