Places of Long-Term Deprivation of Liberty 337. The kitchen facilities are inspected regularly by senior staff from the health The kitchens are in a departments of the corresponding autonomous communities, with their state satisfactory condition being satisfactory in general terms. The menus at the centres visited are prepared by the personnel contracted The menus are prepared by accordingly and assisted by inmates, who carry out this prison work as a paid contracted personnel duty; the food consists of hot and varied meals, and this menu is renewed assisted by inmates each season, and at the El Dueso prison (Cantabria) there is even the possibility of choosing between several menus, and in several prisons the inmates are allowed to take part in drawing up the menu. It should be noted that recent budget cuts have not affected the amounts spent on this item. In addition, inmates are provided with the special food they require for religious or health reasons, catering for specific diets (Muslim, vegetarian, for diabetics, bland, etc.). Along these lines, it has been noted during the inspection visits that the religious precepts regarding the intake of food during Ramadan are respected. There is also a prison shop, where inmates can buy food and drink outside meal times. On some inspection visits, the inmates complained about the food, either At some inspection visits, regarding its quality or because it was served cold, so the delegates from this there have been complaints Office were present when the food was served and then suggested a number of possible remedies, which often involve no more than the repair of the faulty food about the quality or temperature of the food trolleys responsible for the loss of temperature. 338. Prison healthcare distinguishes between a routine request, in which case at Healthcare is provided in the modern prisons the doctor goes to the block housing the inmate, whereas in response to a routine or the older ones the inmate is the one who goes to the infirmary; an urgent request, whereby the inmate can be attended 24 hours a day for emergency reasons; and scheduled care, in those cases in which the medical staff wish to monitor chronic urgent request and on a scheduled basis. Whenever necessary, the public health service is used complaints and summon the patient to the surgery for this purpose, or when a request has been made for the presence of a specialist from the public health system, who attends the patient at the prison itself. Furthermore, whenever necessary the public health service is used for emergencies or scheduled appointments at certain hospitals in the public network that have a UCH secure unit (For illustrative purposes, see chapter 6.1 in this report). In addition, a medical check-up is conducted whenever there is an incident A medical check-up is leading to some form of injury, which is duly reported to the competent conducted following an court. incident with a possible 339. On a general basis, all the prisons have a medical team consisting of Own healthcare team. doctors, registered nurses and junior nurses, and at those centres with women The general public health inmates and children, gynaecologists and paediatricians; nevertheless, most specialist healthcare is provided by the general public health service. The SGIP’s THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN injury network is used for specialist care 141