Patient safety in prisons: a multi-method analysis of reported incidents in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Prisoners use healthcare services three times more frequently than the general population with poorer health outcomes. Their distinct healthcare needs often pose challenges to safe healthcare provision. This study aimed to characterise patient safety incidents reported in prisons to guide practice improvement and identify health policy priorities.Design: We carried out an exploratory multi-method analysis of anonymised safety incidents from prisons.

Setting

Safety incidents had been reported to the National Reporting and Learning System by prisons in England between April 2018 and March 2019.

Participants

Reports were reviewed to identify any unintended or unexpected incident(s) which could have, or did, lead to harm for prisoners receiving healthcar

SUBMITTER: McFadzean IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10387805 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature