News and features
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Letter from the Adviser: Ann Norman
Published: 25 November 2009
Ann Norman reports on some very positive activities going on behind the scenes.
Employment Relations update
Published: 25 November 2009
Gill Morgan, RCN Employment Relations, provides a brief précis of what work the RCN Employment Relations Department is undertaking within the CJS world.
Learning disability training for the criminal justice system
Published: 25 November 2009
Neisha Bett is the Project Manager for Learning Disability Training for the Criminal Justice System Project, Valuing People Now, at the Department of Health. Here, she reports on how the project is getting on.
Building momentum and making an impact
Published: 25 November 2009
Max Rutherford, Prisons and Criminal Justice Programme Policy Officer for The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (SCMH), writes an update on its Prisons and Criminal Justice Programme.
National award winners!
Published: 25 November 2009
HMP Leeds was the proud winner of The NHS Centre for Involvement Award in July 2009 for their innovative project, titled: ‘Implementing patient involvement within a prison healthcare setting’. Anne Cowman, the delighted project lead, accepted the award on behalf of HMP Leeds staff and HCRs, at the prestigious awards ceremony in London. Maggie Wood writes.
Presenting at a conference – it’s worth it!
Published: 25 November 2009
Inspired by Newsletter Editor Dr Elizabeth Walsh's article in the British Journal of Nursing, a team of nurses overcame understandable nerves and presented at the National Prescribing Centre Conference in London in November, to a delegate list of 450 people. Joanne Campbell, Jane Perry and Clare Bennett encourage nurses working in the criminal justice system to put forward their examples of good practice and to disseminate this at conferences.
Offender Health Research Network
Published: 25 November 2009
People in contact with the criminal justice system are generally a socially excluded population. The need to tackle their considerable health inequalities has been highlighted in Lord Bradley’s review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system. Charlotte Lennox writes about a network aiming to do just that.
Creating a learning environment within prison health care
Published: 25 November 2009
Maggie Wood, Healthcare General Manager at HMP Leeds, writes.
Health and social care at HMP Stafford
Published: 25 November 2009
Katherine Clay writes about an innovative new project looking into prisoners’ social care needs.
Mental health first aid training (MHFA) and HMP Everthorpe
Published: 25 November 2009
Dawn Fawcett, Health Care Manager, HMP Everthorpe, writes.