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Last modified date:28 May 2008
Documents are arranged by date of publication with categories as follows. Hard copies of our publications can be obtained by contacting the DH order line on 08701 555455
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Management of health services in prison
- Common themes from analysis of 120 Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) reports - May 2008
- Escort and bedwatch costs: transfer of funding from HM Prison Service to Primary Care Trusts - November 2007
- Prison health performance indicators - October 2007
- Prison Health Partnership Survey 2006: Final report - March 2007
- Escort and bedwatch costs: transfer of funding from HM Prison Service to primary care trusts - March 2007
- National partnership agreement between the Department of Health and the Home Office for the accountability and commissioning of health services for prisoners in public sector prisons in England - January 2007
- A twelve-month study of prison healthcare escorts and bedwatches - November 2006
- Reconfiguration of NHS Ambulance Trusts - implications for protocols - September 2006
- Performance management of prisoners' health services - April 2006
- Download PSO 3050: Continuity of healthcare for prisoners - February 2006 (PDF, 252K)
- Download Transfer Approval Process - April 2005 (PDF, 52K)
- Signposting to prison health: learning from Wave 1 Transfer - Nov 04
- Health services for prisoners: Prison Service performance standard 22 - May 2004
- Prison Health Services - letter from Peter Lawler of the Welsh Assembly Government and John May of HM Prison Service - April 2004
- Guidance on developing local prison health delivery plans - October 2003
- NHS responsible commissioner for prisoners update - June 2003
- Transfer of prison health to the NHS update - March 2003
- Prison health: transfer of budget responsibility: Q&A – March 2003
- Guidance on developing prison health needs assessments and health improvement plans - January 2002
- An insider's guide to the NHS and prison service: unlocking the jargon - January 2002
- Download Healthcare in prisons: a health care needs assessment - February 2000 (PDF, 3236K)
- Toolkit for health care needs assessment in prisons - January 2000
- The future organisation of prison health care - March 1999
Mental health
- Promoting mental health for children held in secure settings: a framework for commissioning services - March 2007
- Mental health observation, including constant watch observation - good practice guidelines for healthcare staff working in prisons - August 2006
- Changes to benefit entitlements for patients transferred from prison to mental health units - March 2006
- Procedure for the transfer of prisoners to and from hospital under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983: Dear Collegue Letter - November 2005
- Procedure for the transfer of prisoners to and from hospital under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983: guidance document - November 2005
- Offender mental health care pathway - January 2005
- Mental health services and prisoners: a review - November 2003
- Download Mental health in-reach collaborative launch document - November 2002 (PDF, 60K)
- Changing the outlook: a strategy for developing modernising mental health services in prison - December 2001
- Download Safer prisons report: A national study of prison suicides 1999-2000 - May 2001 (PDF, 451K)
Primary and social care
- A pathway to care for older offenders: a toolkit for good practice - October 2007
- Good practice in offender health survey report - August 2007
- PSI 05/2003 Good medical practice for doctors providing primary care services in prison - January 2003
- PSI 36/2002 Developing and modernising primary care in prisons - June 2002
- PSI 07/2002 National Service Framework for diabetes: standards - February 2002 (opens new window)
- Report of the Working Group on Doctors Working in Prisons
- PSI 21/2001 National Service Framework for older people - April 2001 (opens new window)
Pharmacy and prescribing
- Provision of FP10 and FP10[MDA] prescription forms by HM Prison Healthcare for released prisoners: guidance (for England only) - March 2008
- PSI 28/2003 pharmacy services for prisoners - July 2003
- A pharmacy service for prisoners - July 2003
- A pharmacy service for prisoners Q&A brief, recommendations and implementation plan - July 2003
- PSI 23/2003 Model protocol providing access to medication by non-healthcare staff - June 2003
Dental
Public health
- Clinical management of drug dependence in the adult prison setting including psychological treatment as a core part - December 2006
- Integrated drug treatment system for prisons budget 2006/07 - July 2006
- Impact of DH-funded provision of NRT in HM prisons: revised findings - May 2006
- Stop smoking support in HM prisons: the impact of NRT, executive summary and best practice checklist - May 2006
- PSI 05/2005 Re-introduction of disinfecting tablets - May 2005
- Download PSO 3500 Health promotion - October 2003 (PDF, 51K)
- Download Evaluation of pilot project on smoking cessation in prison - November 2002 (PDF, 635K)
- PSI 24/2002 Health promoting prisons: a shared approach - April 2002
- PSI 50/2001 Hepatitis C: guidance for those working with drug users - April 2001
- PSO 3550 Clinical services for substance misusers - December 2000 (opens new window)
Clinical governance
- PSI 09/2006 Rationalisation of doctors duties in prison - June 2006
- PSI 29/2003 Clinical appraisal for doctors employed in prisons - July 2005
- PSO 1301 Investigating deaths in prison custody - April 2004
- Download Death in custody investigations - letter from Steven Shaw, prison and Probation Ombudsman - March 2004 (PDF, 10K)
- PSO 1300 Clinical governance: quality in prison healthcare - January 2003
- Good medical practice for doctors providing primary care services in prisons - January 2003
- Clinical supervision in prison nursing: getting started - August 2002
- PSI 38/2002 Guidance on consent to medical treatment - July 2002
- Clinical governance for prison health: getting started - January 2002
- Clinical governance for prison health: a discussion document - January 2001
Patient and public involvement
Workforce, including education training and development
- Guidance document for healthcare professionals entering HMPS establishments - October 2006
- An education and training framework for staff providing healthcare in prisons - October 2006
- Agenda for change for prison healthcare staff - September 2006
- The HR in the NHS plan: a prison workforce perspective and briefing - March 2005
- Prison health induction framework - November 2004
- PSI 46/2003 Medical treatment of prison staff by healthcare workers - October 2004
- PSI 43/2003 Introduction to the healthcare skills toolkit to be used in the workforce planning and staff development process - October 2004
- Download Recruitment and prison healthcare: guidance for staff recruiting healthcare staff - Autumn 2004 (PDF, 89K)
- Download Retention and prison healthcare: guidance for effective retention of healthcare staff - Autumn 2004 (PDF, 82K)
- PSI38/2003 Basic check son doctors and dentists - August 2004
- Healthcare Skills Toolkit - July 2004
- Prison nursing: NHS careers fact sheet - July 2004
- Personal learning plans: the doctors working in prison guide - February 2004
- They’re not just patients or prisoners. They’re people (leaflet) - January 2004
- PSI 48/2003 Guidance for the introduction of healthcare assistants - October 2003
- NHS and agenda for change - March 2003
- Nursing portfolio - January 2002
Information management and technology
Children and young people
Women
Health-related prison service guidance
- PSI 9/2006 Rationalisation of doctors duties in prisons - June 2006
- Download PSO 3500 Continuity of healthcare for prisoners - February 2006 (PDF, 127K)
- PSI 05/2005 Re-introduction of disinfecting tablets - May 2005
- PSI 29/2003 Clinical appraisal for doctors employed in prison - July 2004
- PSI 28/2003 Pharmacy services for prisoners - July 2004
- Health services for prisoners: prison service performance standard 22 - May 2004
- PSO 1301 Investigating deaths in prison custody - April 2004
- PSI 48/2003 Guidance for the introduction of healthcare assistants - October 2003
- PSI 46/2003 medical treatment of prison staff by healthcare workers - October 2003
- PSI 43/2003 Introduction to the healthcare skills toolkit to be used in the workforce planning and staff development process - October 2003
- Download PSO 3200 Health promotion - October 2003 (PDF, 51K)
- PSI 38/2003 basic checks on doctors and dentists - August 2003
- PSI 23/2003 Model protocol providing access to medication by non-healthcare staff (under moriatum) - June 2003
- PSI 16/2003 Strategy for modernising dental services for prisoners in England - April 2003
- PSO 3100 Clinical governance: quality in prison healthcare - January 2003
- PSI 05/2003 Good medical practice for doctors providing primary are services in prisons – January 2003
- PSI 38/2002 Guidance on consent to medical treatment - July 2002
- PSI 36/2002 Developing and modernising primary care in prisons - June 2002
- PSI 25/2002 Protection and use of confidential health information in prisons and interagency information sharing - 2002
- PSI 24/2002 Health promoting prisons: a shared approach - April 2002
- PSI 07/2002 National Service Framework for diabetes: standards - February 2002 (opens new window)
- PSI 50/2001 Hepatitis C: guidance for those working with drug users - April 2001
- PSI 21/2001 National Service Framework for older people - April 2001 (opens new window)
- Download PSO 3550 Clinical services for substance misusers - December 2000 (PDF, 252K)
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