Prisoners: Diabetes
Commons · Question 99663 · Tabled 12 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 29 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Coleman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision in prisons for inmates with diabetes; and what steps he is taking to ensure that diabetic prisoners have timely acces
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 29 Dec 2025
NHS England commissions prison health care services into every prison in England. Every prison has onsite health care services including, primary care, mental health, dentistry, and substance misuse teams. This includes the care and management of those wi...