Secondary care clinicians and staff have a key role in delivering equivalence of care for prisoners: A qualitative study of prisoners' experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While challenging to provide, prisoners are entitled to healthcare equivalent to community patients. This typically involves them travelling to hospitals for secondary care, whilst adhering to the prison's operational security constraints. Better understanding of equivalence issues this raises may help hospitals and prisons consider how to make services more inclusive and accessible to prisoners.  We used prisoners' accounts of secondary care experiences to understand how these relate to the principle of healthcare equivalence.

Methods

We undertook a qualitative interview (n = 17) and focus group (n = 5) study in the English prison estate. Prisoners who had visited acute hospitals for consultations were eligible for participation. They were recruited

SUBMITTER: Edge C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7525130 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature