Evaluation of women’s health services for perinatal women in HMP Peterborough

Working with NHS England (East), this project reviewed the effectiveness of healthcare services provided to women who have recently given birth or who are pregnant at HMP Peterborough. The scope of this project was to assess HMP Peterborough’s compliance with three of the ten elements of the Birth Companions Birth Charter. Birth Companions are a Charity that run services in women’s prisons across England and campaign to improve the care of women and babies who experience multiple disadvantages. In addition to the perinatal aspect of the research, the IPSCJ were also commissioned to establish what services, care and support do all women need who are being released from HMP Peterborough to a Cambridgeshire address.

This project reviewed the effectiveness of healthcare services provided to women who have recently given birth or who are pregnant at HMP Peterborough.