The job of the Directorate is to guide and ensure good quality care and highly professional caring staff meets the needs of prisoners and prisons. Although caring roles are straightforward to identify in chaplains, social workers and health care staff etc, the task of Health and Care is one for all SPS staff and all activities. Partnership is fundamental to success in delivering care and contributing to the challenge for each prisoner in benefiting from their prison experience and preparing them for release. The Directorate staff will work with every part of the SPS, community-based and voluntary sector organisations, to achieve better support, care and rehabilitation of offenders, and contribute towards reducing re-offending.

Dr Andrew Fraser was appointed as Director of Health and Care in April 2006.