Guidance and regulation

How offender healthcare is managed in prisons and in the community.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service
• Updated: 23 February 2023

Information about measles and vaccination for staff, detainees and visitors to secure settings.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 1 March 2024

• Measles: information for prisoners in England

  Measles is currently affecting more people in England than usual. It is…

• Measles: information for prison staff

  Due to the current number of cases of measles reported in the community…

• A guide to measles for visitors to secure settings

  Measles Measles is circulating, it’s very infectious and can make you very…

• Measles: information for Children and Young People in the Secure Estate (CYPSE)

  Measles Information on measles and vaccination: measles outbreaks happen…

• Measles: information for parents and carers of Children and Young People in the Secure Estate (CYPSE)

  Measles Information on measles and vaccination: measles outbreaks happen…

• Measles: information for Children and Young People Secure Estate (CYPSE) staff in England

  Due to the current number of cases of measles reported in the community…

Managing acute respiratory illness (ARI) in prisons and other prescribed places of detention (PPDs) and in the Children and Young People Secure Estate (CYPSE).

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 25 March 2024

• Managing flu, COVID-19 and other acute respiratory infections (ARI) in prisons and other prescribed places of detention (PPDs)

  Main messages This guidance covers influenza (flu), COVID-19 and other…

• Preventing and managing cases and outbreaks of acute respiratory infection (ARI) in the Children and Young People Secure Estate (CYPSE)

  Main messages This guidance has been developed to help staff manage acute…

This guide is about infections that occur in people who inject drugs (PWID).

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 3 November 2017

This manual advises healthcare workers, prison and detention centre staff about dealing with outbreaks; immunisation; infection control and prevention.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 1 July 2011

An audit toolkit and guidance on data recording, for prison and community treatment providers and commissioners.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 30 November 2018

Advice for non-healthcare staff who work in UK prisons and immigration removal centres on identifying and handling TB cases.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 17 March 2021

Report on the findings from brief interventions for excessive drinking in prisons, as part of the gateways initiative.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 1 January 2017

List of reportable diseases to be notified to local PHE health protection teams by prison and other detention centre healthcare teams.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 10 March 2020

Guidance on managing and preventing the spread of group A streptococcal (GAS) infection and other skin and soft tissue infections in prisons and secure settings.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 12 June 2019

This leaflet provides information about TB and how to deal with infected prisoners.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 1 May 2013

Completed health needs assessments (HNAs) using the health and justice health needs assessment toolkit for prescribed places of detention.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 21 August 2015

Guidance on carrying out a health and social care needs assessment of older people in prisons.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 27 November 2017

Guidance for the courts on remand and sentencing powers for restricted patients after the Mental Health Act 2007.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 18 July 2017

PHE and partner agencies are responsible for managing TB incidents and outbreaks in prisons and other detention settings.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 9 July 2014

The five nations meetings provide a forum for discussion, debate and collaboration for health and justice partners.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 8 June 2015

Information on legal and detention systems, in Slovenia, for British nationals abroad.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 27 July 2023

The toolkit is a systematic method to review and improve health in prescribed places of detention.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 21 August 2015

Guidance and additional resources about the 'opt-out' testing policy for blood-borne viruses in prisons and other secure settings.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 20 October 2014

Information for people in prison about Group A streptococcal disease (GAS) infections and what they should do in the event of signs or symptoms of infection.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 14 May 2019