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Table 6 Time to healthcare outcome: from date of committal, and date of first assessment for all remand episodes (N = 1109) assessed by the Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service (PICLS), 2012–2014

From: STRESS-testing clinical activity and outcomes for a combined prison in-reach and court liaison service: a 3-year observational study of 6177 consecutive male remands

Outcome

N

Days from committal to outcome

Days from first assessment to outcome

Median

Range

Mean

95 % CI

Median

Range

Mean

95 % CI

Discharge to prison GP

451

8.0

0–346

29.3

24.3–34.4

0.0

0–344

12.9

9.4–16.4

Discharge to prison GP and addiction services

95

8.0

1–307

24.0

14.7–33.4

0.0

0–141

9.8

5.2–14.4

Overseas prison transfer

6

10.0

2–24

12.3

2.7–21.9

1.5

0–12

4.0

–1.1–9.1

Community outpatient diversion

208

15.5

0–398

36.7

28.2–45.2

11.0

0–269

26.8

21.4–32.1

General admission

81

15.0

2–60

19.7

16.4–23.0

13.0

0–59

16.8

13.5–20.1

Forensic admission

60

19.5

1–774

52.0

22.4–81.5

17.0

0–773

47.4

17.9–77.0

Transfer to in-reach psychiatry service in other Prison

202

23.5

0–538

54.2

42.7–65.8

17.0

0–538

43.8

33.7–53.8

Remained on PICLS caseload as at 9th April 2015

6

188.0

35–227

160.0

87.6–232.1

187.0

31–225

158.2

84.8–231.6

Total

1109

13.0

0–774

35.9 (SD 65.8)

31.8–40

6.0

0–773

23.7 (SD 53.7)

20.4–27

  1. GP general practitioner; PICLS Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service