Prisoners: Dementia

(asked on 26th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to introduce a dementia strategy for older prisoners.


Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 3rd November 2017

I recognise the challenges to prisons presented by the continuing rise in the number of older prisoners. My Department has established a working group to consider, with our partners in health and social care, how we can best meet the needs of this group, including those who have needs related to dementia.

Prison staff already have the benefit of operational guidance to assist them in identifying and caring for men and women in prison with dementia.

We are working to enhance our knowledge about the health and social needs of older prisoners. Our work will include taking on expert advice and considering what changes we might need to make to the prison estate or to the regimes within prisons.

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