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Recommendation 24
24
Accepted
Paragraph: 88
Introduce urgent arrangements for swift availability of prisoners' medical records between prisons and community.
Recommendation
As a matter of urgency, the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Health and Social care, HMPPS and NHS England should introduce arrangements so that all prisoners’ medical records are swiftly available between prisons and between the community and prison and vice versa. They should set a joint target date for this work to be completed and a timeline towards it.
Government Response Summary
The government commits to automatically transferring health records between community and prison health services, with implementation for the male estate by April 2023 and the female estate by the end of 2023.
Paragraph Reference:
88
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
Health and justice partners (MoJ, DHSC, HMPPS, NHS England and NHS Improvement) are committed to improving information sharing between agencies and promoting better joint working to improve outcomes for individuals with mental health problems. To meet this commitment, health records will be automatically transferred between health services in the community and in prisons. We expect to complete implementation for the whole of the male estate by April 2023 and the whole of the female estate by the end of 2023.