Citation

Brooker C. Probat. J. 2015; 62(3): 268-272.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0264550515587971

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Recent reforms of the NHS and impending reforms of probation services threaten the healthcare of community offenders. This short report outlines responses of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and mental health trusts to recent freedom of information requests about directly commissioned healthcare in probation services. Few CCGs directly commission healthcare for probation and only six (out of 213) have ever commissioned health needs assessments. This contrasts sharply with prisons and police custody. Suggestions are made about how healthcare in probation might be improved drawing on models for the United States. © 2015, The Author(s) 2015.

Language: en

Keywords

mental health; health; probation; approved premises/hostels; self-harm/suicide