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Eleventh hour U-turn on police custody plans

Proposals to hand NHS legal oversight of health provision to detainees unceremoniously binned just before Christmas.

The Home Office scrapped the plans with no consultation or announcement

The Home Office scrapped the plans with no consultation or announcement

Date - 22nd December 2015
By - Josh Loeb - Police Oracle
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Long-awaited moves to give the NHS legal responsibility over providing healthcare to detainees in police custody have been unceremoniously dumped after an eleventh hour U-turn by the Home Secretary. Politicians, police officers and medical...
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