Mínimum criteria in deprivation of liberty
health system, ordered penitentiary healthcare services to be transferred to the
autonomous governments for their full integration into the public health services, to
date the healthcare services of prisons of the Basque Country and Catalonia are the
only ones in Spain in which such transfer has taken place.
Entrance to the infirmary of Osakidetza at the CP of Basauri (Bizkaia)
198. Until the transfer has taken place, it should at least be ensured that the electronic
clinical record system is set up and services are coordinated with the public
health services, for both primary and specialised medical assistance, in addition to
tools to improve the medical assistance afforded to inmates.
199. In addition, the preparation of protocols between the penitentiary services and the
respective regional departments responsible for healthcare of the autonomous
governments should be encouraged, to facilitate the making of certain medical
consultations using video-conference and tele-medicine systems, to reduce
waiting time at the medical services, improve flexibility in the scheduling of medical
appointments of the convicts, and increase the information on the eventual duration of
the consultations and actions.
200. The provision of medical practitioners at CP should be sufficient in view of
the occupancy of the centre. In addition, the frequency of consultations on request
should be adequate to prevent an excessive request for urgent consultations.
Medical surgery at CP Ocaña II (Toledo)
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