Report: Service user views on prison healthcare
This report details prisoners’ struggle with healthcare in prison and solutions for improvement.
From over 2,700 completed peer-led surveys and questionnaires in 12 different prisons, with prisoner patients across the male and female estate, with foreign nationals and youth offenders, service users have said concerning multiple needs for healthcare in custody.
- 99.6% need at least one type of healthcare service
- 72.0% had difficulty accessing at least one type of healthcare service
- 53.9% rated at least one type of healthcare as poor
Type
Report
Topic
Mark Johnson, Prison, Young People
Date
01/05/2018
Date Accessed
19/07/2024
Publisher
User Voice
Author
Mark Johnson
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