Prison healthcare services: the need for political courage.

Prison healthcare services: the need for political courage. Br J Psychiatry. 2019 May 09;:1-3 Authors: Piper M, Forrester A, Shaw J Abstract SummaryPrisons in England and Wales have reached a low point in service delivery. Despite initial improvements after National Health Service transfer in 2006, it has deteriorated since 2010, with numerous reports giving cause for concern. Improvements are now urgently required, and political courage and a revised national programme of expenditure are necessary.Declaration of interestNone. PMID: 31068228 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry for Mental Science - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Br J Psychiatry Source Type: research