The warnings have been issued in emails from an internal prison doctors’ email group seen by the Guardian. The fears about failures in prison healthcare come at a time when prisons are under huge pressure as a result of violence, overcrowding, drug use and high suicide rates. Healthcare is constantly at odds with prison staff as we ask for escorts that they don’t have. This is a vulnerable and needy group of people who are being let down by an inadequate healthcare system.”Another doctor currently working in prison healthcare said that resources were “grossly misapplied”. A British Medical Association spokesman said: “It is important that prison healthcare get proper levels of investment and support.

Source: The Guardian August 22, 2017 15:22 UTC