39.—(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.