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Table HSR-7. Availability of selected health responses in prison in EU, Croatia, Turkey and Norway
| Country | Individual counselling on infection risk | Pre-release counselling on overdose risk | Practical advice and training on 'safer use/ safer injecting' | Prison needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) | HCV test on entry | HCV test on release | Risk-group specific hepatitis B vaccination programme in prison | Information materials on drug-related deaths and emergencies for prison staff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium (Flemish community) | Not available | Not available | Extensive | Not available | Full | Limited | Yes | No | |
| Belgium (French community) | Limited | Rare | Not available | Not available | Limited | Not available | No | No | |
| Bulgaria | No information | No information | No information | Not available | No information | No information | No | No information | |
| Czech Republic | Limited | No information | Not available | Not available | Rare | Rare | No | No information | |
| Denmark | Limited | Rare | No information | Not available | No information | No information | No | No | |
| Germany | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information | Yes | |
| Estonia | Full | Limited | No information | Not available | Full | Full | Yes | No information | |
| Ireland | Limited | No information | Not available | Not available | Limited | Extensive | Yes | Yes | |
| Greece | Limited | Limited | Limited | Not available | Full | Not available | Yes | No | |
| Spain | Extensive | Rare | Extensive | Extensive | Extensive | Extensive | Yes | Yes | |
| France | Rare | No information | Not available | Not available | Extensive | No information | No | No information | |
| Italy | Full | Full | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information | Yes | |
| Cyprus | Limited | Rare | Not available | Not available | Full | Not available | No | No | |
| Latvia | Limited | Not available | Limited | Not available | Not available | Not available | No | Yes | |
| Lithuania | Limited | Rare | Not available | Not available | Limited | Not available | Yes | Yes | |
| Luxembourg | Full | Limited | Limited | Full | Full | Rare | No | No information | |
| Hungary | (1) | Extensive | No information | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | No | No |
| Malta | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Full | Not available | Yes | No | |
| Netherlands | No information | Limited | No information | Not available | Limited | No information | Yes | Yes | |
| Austria | Limited | Rare | Rare | Not available | Extensive | Rare | Yes | No | |
| Poland | Full | Extensive | Limited | Not available | Full | Full | Yes | Yes | |
| Portugal | Extensive | Limited | Limited | Rare | Extensive | No information | Yes | No | |
| Romania | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Rare | No | Yes | |
| Slovenia | Full | Full | Full | Not available | Extensive | Not available | Yes | No | |
| Slovakia | Limited | Rare | Not available | Not available | Full | No information | No information | No information | |
| Finland | Extensive | Extensive | Limited | Not available | Full | Full | Yes | No | |
| Sweden | Limited | Not available | Not available | Not available | Full | Not available | Yes | Yes | |
| United Kingdom | Limited | Extensive | Limited | Limited | Limited | Extensive | Yes | Yes | |
| Croatia | Full | Full | Not available | Not available | Full | Full | No | No | |
| Turkey | No information | Not available | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information | no | |
| Norway | Full | Not available | Not available | Not available | Extensive | Not available | Yes | No information |
Notes:
Reitox NFPs's expert rating
Full: nearly all persons in need would obtain it
Extensive: a majority (but not nearly all of them) would obtain it
Limited: more than a few but not a majority of them would obtain it Rare: just a few of them would obtain it
Rare: just a few of them would obtain it
(1) Although there is no HCV testing both at entry and at release, since 2007 extensive campaign screening programmes take place in prisons (for details see Hungary National Report 2011, Chapter 11.3).
See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.
Sources:
Structured Questionnaire on 'Prevention and Reduction of Health-Related Harm associated with drug use' (SQ 23/29), submitted by NFPs in 2011.