Decision Report 201508101

Summary

Mr C complained that he was not provided with reasonable psychiatric treatment during his time in prison. In particular, he complained that he was not seen by a psychiatrist when he asked to be and that he was not given appropriate medication.

We took independent psychiatric advice. We found that during the time period Mr C was complaining about, he was seen by a mental health nurse on 17 occasions and by two different psychiatrists on 13 occasions. We considered the assessments and examinations carried out to have been reasonable and noted that Mr C's medication was prescribed reasonably and appropriately monitored. We therefore did not uphold Mr C's complaint.