Clinks response: Delivering core NHS and care services during the pandemic and beyond

Clinks responded to the Health and Social Care Committee’s call for evidence on delivering core NHS and care services during the pandemic and beyond. The response focuses on greater service user need in the face of reduced and adapted service delivery during Covid-19, and the strain that Covid-19 has put on the voluntary sector in delivering health and care services to people in contact with the criminal justice system. Recommendations include a call for NHS England, Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service and the Ministry of Justice to work with the voluntary sector to identify gaps in service delivery and commission appropriate services to support health and care needs of people in contact with the criminal justice system, as well as financial support for voluntary sector organisations delivering health and social care services to people in contact with the criminal justice system.