§ 33. Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the operation of the health service in prisons. [99710]
§ Mr. BoatengMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary announced in a reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Angela Smith) on 29 March 1999,Official Report, columns 556ߝ58W, a programme of reforms of the organisation and delivery of health services to prisoners. The Prison Service and National Health Service Executive, working in partnership, are establishing a Prison Health Care Task Force and a Joint Prison Health Policy Unit. These Units are implementing 380W the recommendations of the Report on "The Future Organisation of Prison Health Care", published last March.