Annual Report 2013 of the National Preventive Mechanism
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Suggestion for reconsideration
of timetable of activities in the
HPP of Seville
154. Many patients complained of the lack of activities over a large
Suggestions for rehabilitation
activities to be increased in
the HPP of Seville and the
UHPP-C (Barcelona)
In addition, both at the HPP of Seville and at UHPP-C (Barcelona),
many activities and trips, although classified as “therapeutic”, are
rather of an occupational or training nature. Two suggestions have
been made for the number of rehabilitation activities, meaning specific
training in abilities, to be extended according to an individual plan
designed based on a personal evaluation. The Department of Justice
rejected the Suggestion and the SGIP had not answered at the date
of this report.
Educational assistance
155. The HPP of Seville has a school with a teacher reporting to the
Department of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of
Andalusia. Since 88 students were registered in the 2012/2013 year,
47 of whom finished the school year, it would be advisable to engage
another professional to be able to provide patients with better educational assistance. Said Department reported that it would consider this
possibility depending on the demand. Lack of coordination between
the teacher and the rest of professionals of the multidisciplinary team,
particularly the psychologist, was observed. Their integration into the
process with the rest of professionals would be advisable, for a joint
working plan to be established and for the teacher to receive written
guidelines or recommendations to deal with the most difficult patients,
which criterion was accepted by the SGIP.
Grounds for release
156. Admission to HPPs may occur for various reasons, mainly imposition of the security measure (or sentence, in the case of the penitentiary system of Catalonia) or pursuant to the rehabilitation program
(with court authorisation).
Cooperation of other public
authorities is necessary
In the case of the HPP of Seville, prior to release, the Penitentiary
Authority requests the cooperation of other public authorities with competence for the matter for the psychiatric treatment of the inmates to
continue, if necessary, after their release from confinement and for
patients whose personal and procedural situation so permits to be included in the rehabilitation programs and in the intermediate structures
existing in the community mental healthcare model. In this respect, it
must be pointed out that, at the HPP of Seville, a better coordination
was observed with the Authority and the social healthcare resources
than at the visit made in 2011 to the HPP of Fontcalent (Alacant/Alicante), where patients from many autonomous communities are admitted meaning that a greater effort must be made to connect with the
autonomous health services and the respective social alternatives.
In this respect the “Protocol for referral of patients to the public mental health network by agreement between the Healthcare Services of
Andalusia, FAISEM (Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Integración
part of the day. At the HPP of Seville, a suggestion was made for it to
reconsider the timetable of activities and reinforce them, to prevent
there being many times during the day when patients have nothing to
do, particularly as regards those with greater rehabilitation potential.
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