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'Helping people change for the better'
BCUHB are providing Health and Well-being Services to men within HMP Berwyn which opens in February 2017.

'Helping people to change for the better'

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is responsible for ensuring that service users within the North Wales Prison have access to health services. A Health Needs Assessment has been carried out by Public Health Wales in conjunction with the Health Board and other partners.

HMP Berwyn has a Health and Wellbeing centre included as part of the build, which will replicate an enhanced primary care centre with specialist in reach appointments, but no inpatient unit.

The majority of healthcare has been proposed to be provided for service users within the prison health and well being centre in order to minimise the requirement for attendance at secondary health care hospital sites within North Wales. BCUHB will employ a dedicated team of staff based within the prison to deliver health and wellbeing services to all service users.

The health functions will include: GP’s, Nurses (RGN, RMN), Health Care Support Workers, Dentistry, Therapies (such as Occupational therapists and Physiotherapists), Radiology, Pharmacy, Psychologists, Administrative support staff and management roles.