UK Collaborating Centre for WHO Health in Prisons Programme (European Region)

This rapid review by Public Health England aims to provide the answers to “What interventions are effective in supporting mental health of vulnerable people living in institutions (care homes, refuges, and prisons) following infectious disease outbreaks?” through which studies showed that mental health and wellbeing benefits from social contact or connectedness for people living in institutions. Interventions for wellbeing including digital support for connection, enhancing opportunities for socially distanced activities, and innovative ways to maintain creative and fun pastimes, or to maintain routines.

This report captures a broad range of activity led by the national Health and Justice Team in Public Health England working both across their own organization and with a broad range of partners internationally, nationally and locally across all the domains of public health practice.

This statement outlines how the European drug marketplace has become increasingly complex with an increasing number of new substances available alongside more established drugs and diverted medications. The Five Nations Health and Justice Collaboration has been sharing increasing reports of NPS use in prisons across the five nations and their impact, not only on the health of the individual but also the prison regime, which has led to it to make this collective statement.

Public Health England has published a new resource to support local TB Control Boards in England in understanding and meeting the needs of people in their communities from under-served populations, a group which includes people in contact with the criminal justice system.

This information has been put together by Public Health England (PHE) Health and Justice Team and The Hepatitis C Trust, National AIDS Trust (NAT) and the British Liver Trust to support the implementation of the opt-out bloodborne virus (BBV) testing policy.

Health needs assessment (HNA) is a systematic method for reviewing the health issues facing a population, leading to agreed priorities and resource allocation that will improve health and reduce inequalities. The toolkit provides a consistent approach for producing a HNA, which can inform regional or national views of need across places of detention. It reflects the diverse health needs of different populations within detained populations, e.g. women, older prisoners, young people, those with a learning disability and those with a physical disability.

Quarterly update on health protection issues.

This report captures a broad range of activity led by the national health and justice team in Public Health England (PHE) working both across the organization and with a broad range of partners internationally, nationally and locally across all the domains of public health practice.

The management of tuberculosis (TB) incidents in prisons and detention centres requires close collaboration between Public Health England (PHE) and other partners. This document is available to outline PHE’s coordination role in such incidents and to assist national and local contingency planning.

This document is an overview of best practice in managing persistent pain and describes how this practice might be implemented in secure environments, including prisons, police custody and immigration removal centres. It empowers clinicians by supporting the evidence-based decisions they make within a context of multidisciplinary pain management. The document also acknowledges the challenges posed by difficult clinical presentations and the particular environment. It is not a comprehensive guide to managing all pain conditions but instead offers guidance with the most commonly identified challenges for pain management in the secure environment. It does not discuss interventions that can be delivered only in secondary care.