Prison health

Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE), the King's Fund programme of nurse-led projects designed to improve the healthcare setting for patients, has been up and running in prisons over the past year. DH has now agreed to extend the programme to a further 10 Prisons and Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in 2010. EHE was first used in acute care, but has now been employed in mental health settings, end-of-life care and services for people with learning disabilities. Applications to join this new round of EHE in prisons should be in by 22 January.