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Increase immediate availability of mental health inpatient beds for prisoners facing transfer difficulties.
Recommendation
The Ministry of Justice should work with the Department for Health and Social Care and the NHS to increase immediately the availability of mental health inpatient beds for prisoners from those prisons that have the most difficulty transferring prisoners within the time limit, including for those who are considered by some of those involved to have ‘untreatable’ conditions.
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Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 4 February 2022. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Committee
Justice Committee
Inquiry
Mental Health in Prison
Report
5th Report - Mental health in prison
29 Sep 2021
HC 72
Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Timeline
Recommendation age
5.0 yrs
Report published
29 Sep 2021