4.2 – Rebecca Hunter – Medicines behind Bars

In this week’s episode we talk about Prescribing in Prison. We are joined by Rebecca Hunter who as well as being a prison pharmacist is a clinical leadership fellow working in Health Education and Improvement Wales. Rebecca is passionate about the role that pharmacy has in supporting those in prison environments as well as improving health inequalities. We discuss the challenges posed by prescribing in a secure environment where the balance of risk between security and medicines safety is a tricky tightrope to walk.

Our micro discussion focused on the HEalth Service Investigation Branch report ‘management of chronic health conditions in prisons’ which tells the story of Martin, a 43-year old inmate, who suffered multiple seizures after his epilepsy medication wasn’t transferred with him to a new prison. https://www.hsib.org.uk/investigations-and-reports/management-of-chronic-health-conditions-in-prisons/.

As with all our guests we ask Lucy to pick a career influencing drug, anthem and a book that has influenced her work. Becca is an avid reader who has a library to match Jamie’s!

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