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Procedure for arranging visits to immigration removal centres PDF Print E-mail
Written by Emma Ginn   
Procedure for arranging visits to immigration removal centres
Last Updated ( Monday, 04 February 2008 )
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Protocol for visits by external medical practitioners to detention centres PDF Print E-mail
Written by Emma Ginn   

Includes:

  • Resolution of Complaints
  • Form that detainee signs at detention centre medical centre
Last Updated ( Monday, 05 November 2007 )
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Protocol for visits PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
A protocol issued in December 2006 clarifies the role of, and facilitates access of detainees to, independent doctors. For example, it mandates that Detention Centre medical centres keep a standard form for detainees to use to authorise medical visits by an outside independent doctor of their choice, and that the independent doctor should have automatic access to complete medical notes (with the consent of detainee).

This also has major implications for how medical visits are organised. Please read the further information before attempting to organise a medical visit - for the safety of all parties, this must be done by Maria the Medical Justice volunteer responsible for processing referrals or the doctor concerned.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 August 2007 )
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Practical consequences of new protocol for visits by independent doctors PDF Print E-mail
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Previously, it was necessary for a form to be faxed to the detainee to sign and fax back, then for the signed form to be faxed to the detention centre health centre. One consequence of the new agreement is that this is unnecessary. The new protocol is that:
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 15 August 2007 )
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