Meeting the healthcare needs of offenders with learning disabilities.

With primary care trusts being handed responsibility for commissioning healthcare services for 34 prisons in England and Wales, fundamental changes are in the offering. Victoria Herrington and colleagues describe how one PCT dealt with the challenge.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 28 - 33
Main Authors: Herrington V, Hunter G, Harvey S
Format: case study pictorial research Journal Article
Published: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) May2005
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Description
Summary:With primary care trusts being handed responsibility for commissioning healthcare services for 34 prisons in England and Wales, fundamental changes are in the offering. Victoria Herrington and colleagues describe how one PCT dealt with the challenge.