§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Prison Service will publish its proposed prison service instruction on complementary and alternative medicine. [91809]
§ Mr. George HowarthA Prison Service Instruction is expected to be issued to prison establishments within the next three months, after consideration by senior Prison Service managers.
§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the composition and aims of the joint Prison Service/NHS health care policy and executive units. [91804]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe aims, objectives and composition of the new joint Prison Service/NHS Executive Prison Health Policy Unit and the Prison Health Care Taskforce are set out in framework documents. I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library.
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§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what plans he has to restrict the alternative and complementary medical treatments currently available in prisons and young offenders institutions; and if he will make a statement; [91807]
(2) which (a) prisons and (b) young offender institutions currently employ complementary and alternative medical practitioners; and what plans he has to change the arrangements for offering such services in prisons; [91806]
(3) what plans he has to reduce the current treatment modalities available through complementary medical services to prisoners at Her Majesty's Prisons Coldingley and Downview and Young Offenders Institution Feltham; and if he will make a statement. [91803]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe Government have accepted the recommendations of the joint Prison Service and NHS Executive Working Group on the future of prison health care, in particular that health care provision should be jointly planned and organised with the NHS according to formal health needs assessments. This means that complementary or alternative treatments, as is the case of other treatments, will only be made available on the recommendation of a prison doctor after he or she has taken account of an individual prisoner's health needs, and the demands upon available resources for other health services. Complementary and alternative treatments will not be given priority.
In keeping with the Prison Service's duty of care, and the need to ensure that treatments being made available are safe, effective, appropriate to the custodial context and conducive to the orderly running of prisons, treatments other than acupuncture, osteopathy, chiropractic, yoga and meditation will only be made available in circumstances where a good case can be shown, following the approval of the Prison Service's director of health care.
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Complementary ana alternative inerapies avaiiaoie at prison estaoiisnments Prison Auricular acupuncture Aromatherapy Reflexology Movement therapy Herbal remedies Massage Osteopathy Chiropractic Meditation Relaxation therapy Aldrington yes - - - - - - - - - Altcourse - yes - - - yes - - - - Bedford yes - - - - - - - - - Blakenhurst yes yes - - - - - - - - Blundeston yes - - - - - - - - - Brinsford yes - - - - - - - - - Bristol yes - - - - - - - - - Brixton - - - - - - - yes Brackhill yes yes - - - - - - - Buckley Hall yes yes - - - yes - - - - Canterbury yes - - - - - - - Channings Wood yes - - - - - - - - - Coldingley yes yes yes yes yes yes - - yes - Dartmoor yes - - - yes - - - - Dorchester yes - - - - - - - - - Dover yes - - - - - - - - - Downview yes yes yes yes yes yes - - yes - Durham yes - yes - - - - Erlestoke yes yes - - - - yes - - - Exeter yes - - - - - - - - Featherstone yes - - - - - - - - -
§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sole practitioners currently provide complementary and alternative medical treatments in Her Majesty's Prisons and Her Majesty's Young Offenders Institutions. [91811]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe information is not available in the form requested. A survey of prison establishments completed in December 1998 showed that complementary and alternative treatments were provided by individual members of prison staff or sole practitioners from the public or private sectors at 44 Prison Service establishments.
§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the service providers currently offering complementary and alternative medical treatments in Her Majesty's Prisons and Her Majesty's Young Offenders Institutions. [91802]
§ Mr. George HowarthComplementary and alternative medical treatments are currently known to be provided by: Complementary Medical Services for Prisoners (CMSP) at Coldingley and Downview prisons and at Feltham Young Offender Institution; by drugs project teams at Blakenhurst, Dartmoor, Gloucester, Leyhill and Standford Hill prisons; by individual practitioners at Buckley Hall, Dorchester, Durham, High Down and Holme House prisons; and by members of staff, including health-care staff, at Bedford, Blundeston, Brixton, Brockhill, Buckley Hall, Cookham Wood, Dartmoor, Dorchester, Dover, Erlestoke, Featherstone, Gartree, Gloucester, Hewell Grange, High Down, Highpoint, Hollesley Bay, Lancaster Castle, Leeds, Portland, Styal, Sudbury, Swansea and Weare prisons.
§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the complementary and alternative medical therapies offered in Her Majesty's Prisons and Her Majesty's Young Offenders Institutions, indicating the establishments in which they are offered. [91810]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe table shows the results of a survey carried out in December 1998 that indicated which establishments then provided each of the major complementary and alternative therapies.
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Complementary ana alternative inerapies avaiiaoie at prison estaoiisnments Prison Auricular acupuncture Aromatherapy Reflexology Movement therapy Herbal remedies Massage Osteopathy Chiropractic Meditation Relaxation therapy Feltham yes yes yes yes yes yes - - yes - Foston Hall yes - - - - - - - - yes Full Sutton - - - - - - - - yes - Gartree yes - - - - - - - - - Gloucester yes - - - - - - - - - Hewell Grange yes - - - - - - - - - High Down yes - - - - - - - - - High Point - yes - - - - - - - yes Hollesley Bay yes - yes - - - - - yes - Holloway yes yes yes - - - - - - Holme House yes - - - - yes - - - - Lancaster Castle yes - yes - - - - - - - Leghill yes - - - - - - - - - Long Larten yes - - - - - - - - - Nottingham yes yes - - - - - - - - Portland yes yes yes - - - - - - - Shepton Mallet yes - - - - - - - - - Stafford yes - - - - - - - - - Standford Hill yes - - - - - - - - - Styal - yes yes - - - - - - yes Sudbury yes - - - - - - - - - Swansea yes - - - - - - - - - Swinfen Hall yes - - - - - - - - - Wealston yes - - - - - - - - - Weare yes yes - - - yes - - - - Wellingborough yes - - - - - - - - -
§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of Her Majesty's Prisons and Her Majesty's Young Offenders Institutions have applied for the Medical Directorate to establish a Complementary Medical Service for Prisoners unit; and if he will make a statement. [91808]
§ Mr. George HowarthNo applications to establish such units have been received by the Prison Service directorate of health care.