Remote consultations in prison mental healthcare in England: impacts of COVID-19

Thomas Hewson; Louise Robinson; Najat Khalifa; Jake Hard; Jennifer Shaw

doi:10.1192/bjo.2021.13

BJPsych Open (Mar 2021)

Remote consultations in prison mental healthcare in England: impacts of COVID-19

Thomas Hewson,
Louise Robinson,
Najat Khalifa,
Jake Hard,
Jennifer Shaw

Affiliations

Thomas Hewson: ORCiD; Academic Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry at the Health Education North West School of Psychiatry and the University of Manchester, UK
Louise Robinson: Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in forensic psychiatry in the Division of Psychology and Mental Health at the University of Manchester, UK
Najat Khalifa: Associate Professor in Forensic Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Centre for Neuroscience Studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, and regional psychiatry lead (Ontario) in Correctional Service Canada
Jake Hard: General Practitioner with over 13 years of experience working in prisons in the UK and is the Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners Secure Environments Group, London, UK
Jennifer Shaw: Professor of Forensic Psychiatry in the Division of Psychology & Mental Health at the University of Manchester, UK, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and academic lead for the Offender Health Research Network. She is also a member of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody, UK.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.13
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7

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Telemedicine has become increasingly used by prison mental health services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In this editorial, we explore the benefits and risks of the remote provision of forensic mental healthcare, with consideration of the clinical, financial, ethical and legal consequences.

Published in BJPsych Open

ISSN: 2056-4724 (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open

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