INSPECTORS raised serious concerns yesterday about staffing levels in health services for a high-security prison which has seen a spate of inmate deaths.

A Care Quality Commission report said HMP Woodhill’s mental health team — consisting of just three nurses, an interim deputy head and a clinical lead — was “insufficient to meet the needs” of the jail’s population.

The primary healthcare and mental health teams at the Milton Keynes facility had experienced staffing shortages for a “significant length of time” inspectors found.