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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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1 results foundAuthor: Shaw, Jenny Title: An Evaluation of In-Possession Medication Procedures Within Prisons in England and Wales: A Report to the National Institute of Health Research Summary: Offenders often come from deprived backgrounds with histories of social exclusion and disadvantage, frequently compounded by complex and multiple health problems. Since the clinical development partnership between the NHS and HM Prison Service was instigated in 1999, a wide ranging work programme has been undertaken to improve prison based health services to improve people's health and life chances. Much of this has been driven by the 'equivalence principle', the notion that prisoners should have access to 'the same quality and range of health care services as the general public receives from the NHS' (Health Advisory Committee for the Prison Service, 1997). Every year, approximately $7,000,000 is spent on medicines for prisoners (DH, 2003). Historically, healthcare staff have been responsible for supervising and administering single doses of all but the most benign of medications. However, the drive for equivalence of care has led towards allowing in-possession medication to become the default position, rather than the exception. In-possession medication means that where possible, prisoners are given autonomy and responsibility for the storage and administration of their medication, dependent on individual risk assessment (Bradley, 2007). Notably, several benefits of in-possession medication have been previously reported including medicines being administered at more appropriate times, reductions in time spent by prisoners queuing at medication hatches and reductions in workload for healthcare staff and escorting officers (DH, 2003). Despite such evidence, there apparently remains unease among some staff working within prisons based on notions that in-possession medication may increase the risk of drugs being abused, traded, stolen or used to self-harm via overdose (Bradley, 2007). This study was commissioned by Offender Health at the Department of Health to establish current practice and policies in relation to in-possession medication currently in operation within prisons in England and Wales. Details: Liverpool, UK: Offender Health Research Network, 2009. 93p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 17, 2018 at: http://www.ohrn.nhs.uk/resource/Research/OHRNInpossessionMedication.pdf Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.ohrn.nhs.uk/resource/Research/OHRNInpossessionMedication.pdf Shelf Number: 117118 Keywords: Health Care (Inmates)Medical CarePrisoners (U.K.) |