The Need for National Minimum Healthcare Standards in Australian Custodial Settings
Healthcare in Australian custodial settings is hampered by fragmented care, a lack of consistent standards and a lack of accountability. Creating national minimum standards for healthcare in custodial settings, with the aim of equivalence to community standards, will be an important step in reducing health inequalities for some of Australia's most marginalised people.
Authors
- Stuart A. Kinner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3956-5343)
- Thileepan Naren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0887-3696)
- Jocelyn Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8536-2048)
- Dallas Widdicombe
- Damien Linnane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1620-1053)
Institutions
- Burnet Institute (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (AU)
- Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (AU)
- Western Health (AU)
- Bendigo Health (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Hunters Hill Observatory (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Medical Journal of Australia
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70116
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00