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Table 1 access to mental health services on ordinary wings and high support unit compared

From: Reducing the use of seclusion for mental disorder in a prison: implementing a high support unit in a prison using participant action research

 

Ordinary prison wing

High support unit

Number of cells

35

10

Number of prison officers per shift

4

3

Attendance of prison health care manager

As required. Based in main prison surgery.

daily

Hours of lock-down (confined to cells)

16.5

16.5

Nurses attend on the wing

When requested

Every day

Community mental health nurses attend on the wing

Clinics in main prison surgery for those with appointments

Three times a week and as requested

Psychiatrists attend on the wing

Twice weekly clinics in main prison surgery for those with appointments (for 630 inmates)

Three times a week and as requested for the ten inmates.

Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency reviews each week

no

yes