Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS)
The Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) promotes better care and outcomes for people with respiratory diseases. It unites healthcare professionals in a supportive, inclusive community where every voice is heard, emphasising leadership and education.
Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS)
Mental health and respiratory disease in current and ex-prisoners
This podcast is part of the PCRS 2025 health inequalities project and covers the impact of mental health and respiratory disease in current and ex-prisoners..
In this PCRS Health Inequalities podcast Katherine Hickman (PCRS executive chair, Kaniksha Aggarwal, Martin Sutcliffe and Sue Wheatcroft discuss respiratory disease and mental health in the context of the UK prison setting. They touch on:
- the challenges of delivering healthcare services to current and ex-prisoners and providing them with access to interventions such as pulmonary rehabilitation (PR),
- what care and support is available,
- knowledge and understanding of long-term health conditions by prisoners and prison staff (providing information in an accessible format),
- getting up to date and effective medication into prisons (AIR and MART etc), and
- the importance of compassion, kindness and validation.
We are grateful to Norfolk and Waveney ICB for sponsoring this new (2025) Health Inequalities project. This resource has been developed by PCRS, and Norfolk and Waveney ICB has had no input into the development, content or production of this material.