"Administration of prisoner’s medication by prison operator", 5 October 2020

Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan [...] released a report finding a private prison operator, Serco New Zealand Limited (Serco) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to provide a prisoner with his regular medications.

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Over the course of two weeks, the man was not given his medication on three separate occasions [...].

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"Prisoners do not have the same choices or ability to access health services as a person living in the community," said Mr Allan.
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Mr Allan added that Serco has a responsibility to operate its health service in a manner that provides consumers with services of an appropriate standard. The standard of health care available to prisoners in a prison must be reasonably equivalent to the standard of health care available to the public.
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