The quality of health care in prison: results of a year's programme of semistructured inspections

Abstract

Objectives: To assess, as part of wider inspections by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, the extent and quality of health care in prisons in England and Wales. Design: Inspections based on a set of “expectations” derived mainly from existing healthcare quality standards published by the prison service and existing ethical guidelines; questionnaire survey of prisoners. Subjects: 19 prisons in England and Wales,...