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Recommendation 44
44
Require Government to outline plans for upholding prison healthcare equivalence and integrating services
Recommendation
The Government must set out how it will ensure that the principle of equivalence in prison healthcare is upheld in practice. This should include a plan to address the operational barriers to healthcare delivery—such as staffing shortages, late receptions, escort constraints and lack of electronic records—and demonstrate how health and wellbeing services will be integrated into its wider rehabilitation strategy and the NHS ten-year plan. (Recommendation, Paragraph 203)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 30 January 2026. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗