PART 5HEALTH AND WELFARE
Arrangements for care by other medical practitioners, specialists or medical facilities outwith prison39
1
Where the Governor receives a recommendation from a healthcare professional that the condition of a prisoner’s health requires the prisoner to be—
a
referred to a medical practitioner or a specialist outwith the prison; or
b
treated at a medical facility outwith the prison,
the Governor must make such arrangements as the Governor considers appropriate to give effect to that recommendation.
2
In this rule and rule 42, “medical facility” includes any hospital and any other premises at which any form of services for the care of a person’s health is provided.