Updated 31 March 2023
Background to Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) opened in March 2009 and is a privately run IRC, managed by Serco. Brook House is a purpose-built IRC, located next to Gatwick airport and can hold up to approximately 450 detainees. It holds a mix of detainees, including a number who are regarded as too challenging or difficult to manage in less secure centres and those waiting to be removed from the UK on organised charter flights
Health services at Brook House IRC are commissioned by NHS England and Improvement. The contract for the provision of healthcare services is held by PPG. PPG is registered with CQC to provide the regulated activities of treatment of disease, disorder or injury, personal care, diagnostic and screening procedures and family planning.
Our previous comprehensive inspection was conducted jointly with HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) in May 2022 and published on the HMIP website on 23 September 2022.
Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (justiceinspectorates.gov.uk)
At the inspection, we found a breach of Regulation 18, Staffing.