Showing posts with label prisons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prisons. Show all posts

Thursday, 31 October 2013

Co-Commissioning and delivery of healthcare services in prisons in England.

"This agreement sets out the shared strategic intent and joint commitment for the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and NHS England (formerly the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB)) to work together for the purposes of co-commissioning and delivering healthcare services, supported by Public Health England (PHE) in adult prisons in England."

National partnership agreement between: The National Offender Management Service, NHS England and Public Health England for the co-commissioning and delivery of healthcare services in prisons in England
NHS England
October 2013

Read more here.

Read a summary from the Commissioning Elf here.

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Good governance for prison health in the 21st century

"Prisoners mostly come from socially disadvantaged segments of the community and carry a higher burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases compared with people in the general population."

Good governance for prison health in the 21st century: a policy brief on the organization of prison health
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Health Organization
October 2013

Read more here.