Physical health of people in prison: assessment, diagnosis and management of physical health problems (NG57)

NICE (2016)

NICE - 978-1-4731-2152-2

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Evidence Categories

• Care setting: Other settings
• Population group: Inclusion health groups
• Intervention: Any intervention
• Outcome: Screening: Uptake of cervical cancer screening
• Outcome: Screening:Uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening
• Outcome: Screening: Uptake of lung cancer screening
• Outcome: Screening: Uptake of colorectal cancer screening
• Outcome: Any outcome
• Outcome: Screening: Uptake of breast cancer screening
• Outcome: Screening: Uptake of AAA screening

Type of Evidence

NICE Underpinning Review

Overview

This guideline covers assessing, diagnosing and managing physical health problems of people in prison. It aims to improve health and wellbeing in the prison population by promoting more coordinated care and more effective approaches to prescribing, dispensing and supervising medicines.

Recommendations

This guideline includes recommendations on:

• assessing a person’s health when they come into prison
• managing and supervising medicines
• promoting health and wellbeing in prison
• how to manage health emergencies and support people with rapidly deteriorating health