Custody Healthcare - 6 Forces

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Custody Healthcare for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk & Suffolk Police Forces Lot 1: Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) provide medical care and, when required, forensic assessment of detainees/suspects in police custody, complainants/complainers of crime, police officers/ police personnel injured in the course of their work. They regard each person they care for or assess as patients. They may also attend scenes of death to pronounce life extinct and give an opinion on whether there are any suspicious circumstances. HCPs may be required to provide interpretation of their findings to the police, solicitors, courts and sometimes to social services verbally and in writing. Written statements for court and other tribunals and presentation of oral evidence in court may be required for these cases.