Summary
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) has a statutory duty to inspect and monitor the conditions in which prisoners are held and the treatment they receive. While in prison, people should expect to receive the same health care as everyone else.
NHSScotland has been responsible for providing primary and community healthcare to those in Scottish prisons since 2011.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland works with HMIPS to manage the healthcare element of inspections of prisons.
Inspection reports
The final inspection reports for prisons are published on the HMIPS website:
Access prison inspection reports (His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland website)
Standards for inspecting and monitoring prisons
HMIPS has developed a set of nine standards which set out what is expected of a well-run prison and what will be inspected and monitored during the inspection process.
As part of this work, we have developed standard nine, which relates to health and wellbeing:
Contact the team
For more information on this work, please contact us at: his.prisoninspect@nhs.scot
To express dissatisfaction about HMIPS’ actions or lack of action, or about the standard of service provided please visit: HMIPS – Complaints
For any concerns relating to healthcare please contact your local NHS board and follow the follow the complaints process outlined on their website.