Project title |
Measuring and Improving the Health and Quality of Healthcare for Offenders on Community Sentences: Developing Recommendations for Commissioners and Practitioners |
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Funding body | National Institute for Health Research, Research for Patient Benefit Programme |
Total funding | £149,674 |
Team |
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Overarching aim |
To investigate the range and quality of healthcare for offenders in the community (on community sentences and post-release licences) in England, and produce a commissioning toolkit including: likely health needs, optimal commissioning strategies, and examples of best practice and ways of overcoming barriers that healthcare commissioners, probation workers, and health practitioners can use to measure and improve offenders’ health, and the quality of healthcare for this group. |
Objectives |
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Methods |
We will take a mixed-methods approach combining a narrative systematic review with a brief online survey of all key stakeholders in England, analysis of policies and procedures, telephone interviews, and the creation of case studies in a purposive sample of six areas. |
Outcomes |
We aim to systematically map how healthcare is provided for offenders in the community across England and what the literature tells us about best practice in this area, and to explore the policy context within which delivery is taking place. We will also be able to provide detailed case studies of activities in six areas to show both what works well and where people have encountered barriers. Finally, we will be able to make recommendations around the development of quality indicators for offender health and healthcare. |
Outputs |
Peer reviewed publications: Sirdifield, C., Marples, R., Brooker, C., and Denney, D. (2019) NHS commissioning in probation in England – Still on a wing and a prayer, Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(5): e697-e704, DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12789 Sirdifield, C., Denney, D., Marples, R., and Brooker, C. (2019) Researching healthcare availability for probation clients: An illustration of methodological challenges and lessons in surveying organisations, British Journal of Community Justice, 15(2): 41-58 Brooker, C., Sirdifield, C., and Marples, R. (2019) Mental health and probation: A systematic review of the literature, Forensic Science International: Science and Law, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsiml.2019.100003 Sirdifield, C., Marples, R., Brooker, C., and Denney, D. (2019) Improving the health and quality of healthcare for people on probation, Probation Quarterly, 14: 11-15. Available at: http://probation-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Improving-the-health-and-quality-of-Healthcare-for-people-on-probation.pdf Please also see our probation healthcare commissioning toolkit at probhct.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk . |
Impact | This study fits with our work around enhancing experience and equity in healthcare and reducing health inequalities. |