Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2012 • the valid house rules should be placed in all rooms (where house rules are put on display); (it would also be appropriate to have them translated, at least into the English language, but also into other languages, at least in the foreign languages of countries from which foreigners accommodated in the Aliens Centre come most frequently); • the menu (and its translation) should be actually placed in the kitchen or the dining room. In regard to the NPM’s findings in this field, which in the view of the Ministry of the Interior are mostly of a practical nature, the Ministry of the Interior replied that the NPM’s recommendations had already been taken into consideration or that the NPM’s proposals would be followed. A medical expert also took part in the visit. She drew attention to the fact that the results of the medical examination include a patient’s history, diagnosis and therapy which is usually intended for a person’s treating physician and not for non-medical personnel. The medical expert also highlighted that no answers were given to some of her questions, such as: how a social worker takes care of the work in the medical consulting room, what are the features of any given procedure from the recommendations by a psychiatrist (for example, regarding the supervision or about solving the issues) to the persons responsible in the Aliens Centre or even to those in the Asylum Centre if a person is formally allocated to that facility, who exactly notifies medical personnel about medical conditions in the facility, what the role of the scheme to treat any withdrawal syndrome is like. In this regard, the Ministry of the Interior explained that the Aliens Centre is an integrated organisation without any internal departments and units; as a result there are no heads of units except for the Head of the Aliens Centre who is in charge of all employees in the centre. The Aliens Centre is not a medical institution but it does have its own needs and owing to the nature of its work, it also employs four medical nurses and cooperates with doctors on a contractual basis who perform their work in specially organised premises and in accordance with medical requirements. There is nobody to take care of the work of the medical consulting room when nurses are absent, but in case of an emergency, a public network of emergency medical assistance can be used, and if necessary, the Centre’s nurse can be called in to work. During weekends, when a nurse is not always present, there are social workers who are responsible for the foreigners receiving the prescribed medicaments at the specified hour which, however, does not mean that they carry out the work of nurses or that they handle the work of the medical consulting room. The scheme regarding the substitute for methadone is known only to nurses since every addicted person is first examined by a doctor who prescribes the appropriate therapy for such a person. The organisation of working processes and allocation of personnel enable smooth operation and constant care to be provided to foreign nationals. Mutual notification on needs and wishes of foreigners and their health related needs is also conducted in a smooth manner. National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 105