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The mental well-being of prison nurses in England and Wales

This excellent paper highlights the need for greater awareness and research in an undervalued and poorly understood area of nursing practice. The author captures very well the need for clinical supervision, particularly at a time of significant change in both prison and health services. These changes increase the stress that nurses experience whilst working in clinical practice and are set against a backdrop of serious prison overcrowding. It is most likely that because of these factors, the mental health and wellbeing of prison nurses will need greater attention and supportnot less. It is well documented that nursing is a stressful occupation along with teachers, social workers and prison officers. This does then generate a debate about the mental well being of nurses who work in prisons. This paper articulates well the need for the necessary investment in our nursing colleagues who work within criminal justice services.