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Prison Health Performance Indicators

  • Document type:
    Guidance
  • Author:
    Offender Health, Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships
  • Published date:
    25 October 2007
  • Primary audience:
    Chief executives
  • Publication format:
    A4: Electronic only
  • Gateway reference:
    8921
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

In conjunction with the key stakeholders, the Offender Health (formerly prison health) team has developed a set of voluntary indicators specifically to measure the quality of prison health services and to help achieve the objective of NHS-equivalent standards.

The data is collected on a voluntary basis, collated and reported nationally, and is intended to support and inform existing local performance management processes.

There is also a covering letter outlining the indicators, and the rationale behind its collection, with a suggested timetable for collection of evidence to support the indicators.

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