Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Fergal Black:
The clinicians get the information. As Dr. Regan and Ms Campbell, our chief nurse officer, said, there is a weekly multi-agency meeting in every prison. If we take as an example Cloverhill Prison, which I would argue is the busiest acute psychiatric unit in the country, the National Forensic Mental Health Service has a full team there alongside our psychology team, chaplaincy, governors and healthcare team doctors. They meet every week and discuss each of the patients. They share pertinent information between colleagues. Obviously, we have to adopt the same principles with regard to medical confidentiality as we would adopt in the community. Ms Campbell or Dr. Regan may wish to comment on that.
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