2016-09 Consultation on South West Prisons Health Care

The following report is based on focus groups and one-to-one interviews with prisoners, and former prisoners, of HMP Exeter, HMP Dartmoor and HMP Channings Wood. It outlines suggested questions for bidders in relation to Patient and Public Involvement and suggested questions for bidders to be evaluated by community groups of recent patients. It then goes onto summarise the key findings and recommendations across all three prisons and the community consultations with a focus on supporting the recommissioning of healthcare services. This is followed by individual findings from each prison and the community focus group.