Table 2.

Typical staff complement for a 1200 inmate male remand prison (number of whole time equivalents)

Head of healthcare (1)

Performance and Business lead (1) with two support staff—one administrative one a clinical coder

Team Leaders (2)—one clinical and one operational

General Practitioner (1)

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (1)

Senior nurses (4)—two mental health and two physical health

Nurses (12)—six mental health and six physical health

Substance misuse nurses (3)—one senior nurse and team lead with two support nurses

Healthcare support workers (12)

Administrators (7)

Porters (2)