Table 1.
Prisons healthcare oversight: authority, budget administration and funding source, EU/EEA and United Kingdom (UK), 2016/2017
| Prisons healthcare authority | Prisons healthcare budget administration | Prisons healthcare funding source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice |
| Bulgaria | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice |
| Croatia | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice | Health insurance and State budget |
| Cyprus | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Health | .. |
| Czech Republic | Ministries of Health, Justice, Interior and Healthcare department of prisons systems | Ministry of Justice | Health insurance |
| Denmark | Ministry of Health and Healthcare Department of prisons systems | Healthcare department of prisons systems | Ministries of Health and Justice |
| Estonia | Ministry of Justice* | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice |
| Finland | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Health and State budget |
| France | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Health and State budget |
| Germany | Ministry of Justice | ** | ** |
| Iceland | Ministries of Health, Justice, Interior and Healthcare department of prisons systems | Ministry of Health and Healthcare department of prisons systems | State budget |
| Ireland | Ministry of Justice | Healthcare department of prisons systems | Ministry of Justice |
| Italy | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Health |
| Latvia | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice | State budget |
| Lithuania | Ministries of Health and Justice | Ministries of Health and Justice | State budget |
| Malta | Ministries of Health and Interior | Ministry of Interior and Healthcare department of prisons systems | Ministry of Health |
| Netherlands | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice |
| Norway | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Health | State budget |
| Poland | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice |
| Portugal | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice |
| Romania | Healthcare department of prisons | Healthcare department of prisons system and Health insurance | Ministries of Justice, Interior and Health insurance |
| Slovakia | Ministries of Health and Justice | Ministry of Justice and Health insurance | Ministry of Justice and Health insurance |
| Slovenia | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Health | State budget |
| Spain | Ministry of Health*** | Ministry of Health*** | Ministry of Health*** |
| Sweden | Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice | Ministries of Health and Justice |
| UK | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Health | Ministry of Justice and State budget |
Source: HIPED
.. No data
*Authority reported to be Ministry of Health in EMCDDA database [28]
**Prisons healthcare budget administration: Ministry of Justice and health insurance of individuals: 2 (North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse), Ministry of Justice: 6 (Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Berlin, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein), Ministry of Justice and state budget: 7 (Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Bremen, Bavaria), State budget: 1 (Baden-Wüttemberg); Prisons healthcare funding source: Ministry of Justice: 15; Other: 1 (Brandenburg – Prisons)
***Ministry of Health in Catalonia and Ministry of Interior in rest of Spain