Written questions

Health Services: Prisoners

Commons · Question 12006 · Tabled 30 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Carla Denyer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2024 to Question 8297 on Prisons: Food and Prescription Drugs, what steps he is taking to monitor the adequacy of (a) suicide prevention provision, (b) palliati

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 20 Nov 2024

NHS England, via the regional health and justice teams, has regular meetings with prison healthcare providers to ensure the quality of the services that are provided. These are also supplemented with local partnership boards where governors, commissioners...