Prisons: Mental Health Services

(asked on 21st October 2014) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which prisons in England and Wales will include a new specialist mental health centre as part of their health care provision.


Answered by
Lord Faulks Portrait
Lord Faulks
This question was answered on 4th November 2014

The Justice Secretary has recently announced that he has agreed with the Secretary of State for Health that our officials work together to ensure that any prisoner can have mental health treatment equivalent to the best they would receive in the community.

Officials are currently drawing up options for the scope of this work, including consideration of specialist mental health centres within the prison estate. Until these options have been developed, I am unable to say what form they may take and in which prisons they may operate.

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