Guidance

Prescribed places of detention: health needs assessment toolkit

The toolkit is a systematic method to review and improve health in prescribed places of detention.

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Details

This toolkit provides support for producing a health needs assessment for prescribed places of detention, which includes prisons, young offender institutions, secure training centres, secure children鈥檚 homes and immigration removal centres.

The toolkit reflects the diverse health needs of different populations within prescribed places of detention.

This document is designed to be regularly updated and refined. Public Health England welcomes comments from stakeholders and readers on the document鈥檚 content and sources. For any comments please email health&[email protected]

Updates to this page

Published 17 July 2014
Last updated 21 August 2015 show all updates
  1. Added part 3 of health needs assessment template: police custody.

  2. First published.

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