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Understanding and integrating the needs of patients is key to the provision of safe, high‐quality care. Gathering information occurs in many ways and in many venues.

Health screening in the prison service occurs upon reception into custody and provides an ideal opportunity to detect and treat previously unmet healthcare needs. When assessment during reception is effective, this has real potential to identify health problems, especially serious mental illness.