Waiters for mental health hospital transfer and remission: Analysis of NHSE Specialised Commissioning and Health & Justice and HMPPS audits

Summary

The prison population of England and Wales is around 86,000 prisoners.

This report by the NHS Benchmarking Network summarises the results of an audit that has taken place across Health and Justice Commissioning services, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and NHS England Specialised Commissioning to quantify the extent of prisoners waiting for assessment and waiting for transfer to mental health facilities (secure and non-secure services).

Content

The Benchmarking Network is the in-house benchmarking service of the NHS. The Network is hosted by East London NHS Foundation Trust.