RCN resources

• Dementia Care Principles for People in Prison. This document sets out the five principles, based on evidence gathered from people living with dementia, carers and practitioners.
• RCN advice guide. Violence in the workplace
• Independent Advisory Panel for Deaths in Custody & RCN. Avoidable natural deaths in prison custody: putting things right
• Nursing in justice and forensic health care clinical topic. This specialist area contains information and resources relevant to those working in the field of nursing in justice and forensic health care.
• Time and space: mindfulness based videos for nursing staff. Six videos covering different stages of your day. See also: Time and space: enabling diffusing activities (2019)
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidance (2016). To support the decision making process of when not to perform CPR in prisons and immigration removal centres.
• Migrant health. Information for nursing and midwifery staff to help signpost them to useful resources and where they can direct people to access health care.

Further resources

• NHS England. Combatting racial discrimination against minority ethnic nurses, midwives and nursing associates
• Nuffield Trust. Inequality on the inside: Using hospital data to understand the key health care issues for women in prison
• RCPCH. Healthcare standards for children and young people in secure settings
• RCPsych. Standards for Prison Mental Health Services – Fifth Edition
• SOLDA CJS. Support for offenders with learning disability and/or autism in the criminal justice system
• UK Health Security Agency. Acute respiratory illness, including flu and COVID-19 in prisons

For more resources, see: Nursing in justice and forensic health care: Professional resources