Prison Medicine and Health

Emily Phipps completed her undergraduate Medical Degree at the University of Liverpool and her Masters Degree in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. During her undergraduate training she undertook numerous public health projects with Medact, the Public Health Action Support Team, and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She held the position of National Medical Director's Clinical Fellow with the Care Quality Commission, developing policy and operational tools for regulating healthcare in prisons. She is currently working as a consultant epidemiologist on Hepatitis C control. Dr. Éamonn O'Moore is Director of HSE's National Health Protection Service of Ireland. Previously working in the UK as National Lead for Health & Justice, he led the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in prisons & other places of detention. A former Director of the UK Collaborating Centre for the WHO Health in Prisons Programme (WHO HIPP), he continues as a member of the WHO HIPP Steering Group. He is a founding member of the Worldwide Prison Health Research Engagement Network (WEPHREN). He is an international expert on health protection in prisons and passionate advocate for social inclusion. Emma Plugge is Associate Professor of Public Health based in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. Before becoming a researcher, Emma qualified as a doctor and undertook postgraduate training in tropical medicine and in primary care, working in the UK and overseas as a clinician. She subsequently trained in public health and also completed a doctorate at the University of Oxford. Her research now focuses on the health of marginalized groups, particularly the health of people in contact with the criminal justice system and the health of migrants. She is currently involved in a number of research studies investigating communicable and non-communicable diseases in prisons in the UK and internationally. Her work has a particular focus on the health of women and the meaningful involvement of marginalised groups in research. Jake Hard has worked as a prison GP for several years, enjoying a portfolio career that has seen him chair the Royal College of GPs Secure Environments Group, act as Medical Director for Prisons for CRG Medical Services and also as Clinical Lead for the Health and Justice Information Services. He has worked on the development of several prison policies and networks, and is passionate about supporting clinicians and patients to improve the health and wellbeing of people in secure settings.

1: Jake Hard, Éamonn O'Moore, Jane Leamann, and Jörg Pont: Introduction to prison medicine
2: Stefan Enggist, Sunita Sturup-Toft, and Sir Robert Francis QC: Key laws and policies related to health in prison
3: Denise Farmer, Laura Hinchliffe, Anna Hiley, and Pippa Morris: Prescribing in prisons
4: Dave Jones, Emily Phipps, Emma Plugge, Ruth Lloyd, Ellie Carslake, Susanne Howes, Sandra White, Kate Jones, and Laura Hinchliffe: Promoting health and wellbeing in prisons
5: Jake Hard, Caroline Watson, Wayne Sturley, and Chantal Edge: Conducting consultations
6: Tierney Harris, Lauren Grant, Jan Rix, Ruth Bastable, Catherine Glover, Craig Lintern, Hussein Oozerally, Caroline Watson, Ellie Henderson, Lisa Duff, Sarah Jarvis, and Alex Bunn: Chronic disease management
7: Nic Coetzee, Éamonn O'Moore, Yimmy Chow, Iain Brew, Sophie Candfield, Rob Callingham, Anjana Roy, and Susanne Howes: Infectious diseases
8: Seena Fazel, Howard Ryland, Lynn Saunders, Don Grubin, Marcus Bicknell, Jane Leamann, and Alex Bunn: Mental health
9: Elish Gilvarry and Mike Kelleher: Substance misuse
10: Emma Plugge, Ruth Lloyd, Ellie Carslake, Catherine Glover, and Lucy Potter: Women's health in prison
11: Nick Hindley, Alexandra Lewis, and Sheila Jenkins: Child and adolescent health in secure environments
12: Alan Mitchell, Emily Phipps, Seena Fazel, Cornelius Katona, Jane Hunt, and Erin Dexter: Foreign nationals in detention
13: Mary Turner, Caroline Watson, Chris Pocock, Abi Bartlett, Emma Mastrocola, and Saeed Chaudhary: Ageing in prison
14: Richard Byng: Creating person-centred, co-ordinated, and continuous care
15: Stacey Hilton, Gareth Alderson, Lindsey Cockerill, Anna Hinley, and Husein Oozeerally: Prison health emergencies