Service transitions, interventions and care pathways following remittal to prison from medium secure psychiatric services in England and Wales: national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known internationally about return to prison from in-patient psychiatric services, including: circumstances leading to return, aftercare services and subsequent patient outcomes.

Aims

To examine and describe: (a) circumstances leading to return to prison from medium secure services; (b) available aftercare and early outcomes of returned persons; and (c) implications for policy development.

Method

Prospective cohort design with all patients (n = 96) returned to prisons from 33 National Health Service (NHS) medium secure services over a 6-month period in England and Wales. Follow-up was conducted for 1 year post-remittal, across 60 prisons.

Results

Less than 20% of patients with legal entitlement to section 117 aftercare under the Mental Heal

SUBMITTER: Leonard SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7453795 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature