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Quality Network for Prison Mental Health Services: reviewing the quality of mental health provision in prisons.
- Source :
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology; Oct2019, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p794-806, 13p, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Mental health services in prisons in the United Kingdom and Ireland have long received criticism for falling behind that of services available in the community. In recent years, the mental health of people in prison has received increasing attention and developments have been seen in commissioning, provision and quality. This paper summarises the key findings from the first three annual reports of a quality improvement initiative, the Quality Network for Prison Mental Health Services (QNPMHS), organised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Centre for Quality Improvement. Between 2015 and 2018, participating services were subject to review against a set of evidence-based specialist standards via an annual process of self and peer-review. The paper explores whether any changes have been observed in the average compliance of the quality standards during this period. Slight improvements were observed in five of the nine standard domains; however, a longer period of review is required to fully assess the impact of such programmes within prison mental health services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL health services
QUALITY of service
MENTAL health
PRISONS
VOLUNTEER service
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14789949
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138524447
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2019.1637918