Commissioning prison health: opportunities and challenges for creating a new prison public health system in Scotland.
Scotland is at a cross-roads in relation to the provision of health care for prisoners and those within the criminal/community justice systems. In this paper we review the opportunities afforded by policy and structural changes, integrated within health care systems to make prison health a true public health service. The challenges that have to be overcome in achieving this aim are identified and discussed.
Mackie
P
P
Scottish Public Health Network, Elphinstone House, 65 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 2AF, UK. phil.mackie@health.scot.nhs.uk
Morling
J
J
D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006291:Health Policy; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011330:Prisons; D012606:Scotland