The Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State
for Justice, Rt Hon. , has announced the
appointment of Lynne Emslie as Chair of Independent Advisory
Panel on Deaths in Custody for a tenure of three years. Her
appointment will commence on 27 February 2023 and will run until
26 February 2026.
The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) is
part of the Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody in England
and Wales. The IAPDC is a source of expert advice to Ministers
and departments/agencies with the central aim of preventing
deaths in custodial settings. The IAPDC is co-sponsored and
funded by the MoJ, Department of Health and Social Care, and the
Home Office.
The Secretary of State for Justice appoints IAPDC members in
consultation with co-sponsoring ministers. The roles are
regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments and
recruitment processes comply with the Governance Code on Public
Appointments.
Biography
With a career covering acute healthcare, mental health, health in
criminal justice and local authority social services, Lynn holds
several non-executive director, advisor and trustee roles across
the charitable, research and regulatory sector. Focusing on
mental health and people with complex needs, Lynn has championed
the requirement to improve access to services, based on a
person-centred approach, and reduce health inequalities.
Working strategically across the Department of Health and NHS,
Lynn worked to inform policy by linking academic research into
service development, including the voluntary and private sectors.
She has led NHS commissioning and quality monitoring within NHS
England, supported the implementation of the Assessment, Care in
Custody and Teamwork (ACCT), the care planning process for
prisoners at risk of suicide and self-harm, and worked with the
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman on Death in Custody clinical
reviews.
Since 2017, Lynn has held the role of Trustee at Nacro, a social
justice charity. She is Chair of Arc, a homeless charity local to
Somerset.
