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In light of the serious staff shortcomings identified above, the CPT reiterates its
recommendation that, as an initial measure, the Greek authorities urgently reinforce health
care staffing levels as follows:
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at Chios and Kos Prisons, ensure each prison has a daily nursing presence;
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at Corfu Prison, ensure the input of the Full Time Equivalent (FTE) of 0.5 general
practitioners and of two FTE nurses;
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at Nigrita Prison, ensure the input of the FTE of 1.5 general practitioners and reinforce
significantly the qualified nursing complement to at least 6 FTE nurses; nursing staff
should be present in the prison every day of the week;
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at Korydallos Men’s Prison, ensure the input of the FTE of 3 general practitioners and
of 12 FTE nurses, at least two of whom should have mental health work experience.
At Corfu Prison, arrangements should be put in place to ensure there is a regularly input
by a psychiatrist and a clinically trained psychologist. Further, the number of dental and
psychiatric consultations should be increased, notably at Korydallos Men’s and Nigrita Prisons.
61.
The CPT also reiterates its long-standing recommendation that prisoners should not be
involved in the performance of health care tasks, and under no circumstances should they
perform the dispensing of medicines and/or have access to medical records. The CPT wishes to
receive a timetable for the phasing out of using prisoners for carrying out health care tasks in
the establishments visited.
In addition, the CPT reiterates that, in principle, prison officers should not perform
medical duties. Pending the recruitment of sufficient healthcare staff, prison officers who do
not possess the relevant qualifications should not carry out nursing functions. Further, any
qualified prison officers working in the health care service of a prison should be under the
authority of the senior doctor/nurse manager responsible for the service.
The CPT would also like to receive further details about the arrangements to provide
tele-medicine at Kos Prison.
62.
The practice of preparing and dispensing medication was again found to be fundamentally
unsafe in all the prisons visited. For example, prisoners engaged as assistant nurses were preparing
and dispensing medication, including psychotropic drugs, in the wings without any presence or
supervision of custodial or health care staff. The CPT reiterates its recommendation that the
system of medicine dispensing and administration be reviewed in order to ensure it is both safe
and accountable.
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