Improving Healthcare Commissioning for Probation: Mapping the Landscape. CRC Survey (Final) |
Information Sheet
As you may be aware, probationers (i.e. people in the community in contact with the National Probation Service or a Community Rehabilitation Company, including those living in Probation Approved Premises), often have high health needs when compared with the general population, and may not access healthcare until they are at crisis point. Both the structure of probation, and the arrangements for commissioning healthcare for probationers have changed recently, raising questions about the healthcare provision that is available to this group.
In our NIHR RfPB funded project we are aiming to produce a ‘toolkit’ to support commissioners in understanding the health needs of probationers and how best to commission healthcare for this group. The research is important to spread knowledge of how healthcare is provided to probationers, what works and what does not work, and how improvements can be made. Ultimately, we want the toolkit to be used to improve commissioning and to measure and improve the health and quality of healthcare for probationers.
We are inviting senior staff from Community Rehabilitation Companies, the National Probation Service, Probation Approved Premises, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Public Health Departments in Local Authorities, and Mental Health Trusts across England to complete a survey so that we can:
In our NIHR RfPB funded project we are aiming to produce a ‘toolkit’ to support commissioners in understanding the health needs of probationers and how best to commission healthcare for this group. The research is important to spread knowledge of how healthcare is provided to probationers, what works and what does not work, and how improvements can be made. Ultimately, we want the toolkit to be used to improve commissioning and to measure and improve the health and quality of healthcare for probationers.
We are inviting senior staff from Community Rehabilitation Companies, the National Probation Service, Probation Approved Premises, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Public Health Departments in Local Authorities, and Mental Health Trusts across England to complete a survey so that we can:
- Map the current ways in which healthcare is delivered to probationers – looking at what support is available, how it is provided, what works well, and where improvements could be made
- Collect and analyse any policies, procedures, standards or guidelines about healthcare provision for probationers, or ways of working with these individuals to improve their health
- Find out what data are already available (routinely collected) that could be used to measure and improve probationers’ health and the quality of healthcare for this group
- Get their ideas about what our toolkit should contain, how we can share it within organisations, and how we can encourage staff to use it