Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35787

Mental Health Services: Prisons

Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Sarah Edwards

LabourTamworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that healthcare treatment provided to prisoners with mental health conditions is adequate.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Prison Mental Healthcare service specification reinforces that prison healthcare, including care for people with mental health problems, should provide excellent, safe, and effective services and interventions to all prisoners, equivalent to the servi...

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