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Decision report 201102802

  • Case ref:
    201102802
  • Date:
    February 2012
  • Body:
    Scottish Prison Service
  • Sector:
    Prisons
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    access to medical care/treatment

Summary
Mr C, who is a prisoner, complained because he was unhappy with the delay in him being able to access the smoking cessation programme.

Our enquiries with the prison confirmed that prisoners are selected onto the programme in line with their liberation date and because of that, we were satisfied there had not been an unreasonable delay in Mr C's case. Therefore, we did not uphold his complaint.
 

Updated: March 13, 2018