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			GSL sites GSL Australia Accuread Rebound ecd HMP Ryehill HMP Wolds HEALTHCARE At HMP Altcourse we are committed to providing the highest standards of healthcare to prisoners in our care. At HMP Altcourse the healthcare is provided by Primecare Forensic Medical (PFM) with a fully qualified team of dedicated staff providing care throughout a 24 hour period. Primecare Forensic Medical (PFM) is an experienced, professional company specialising in healthcare services where security is required. PFM is dedicated to the task of bringing the values and methods of community-based healthcare to the secure setting - prisons, immigration centres, secure training centres. PFM staff approach their work in prisons and secure settings with a professionalism and commitment that lays the foundations for improved services. All staff recognise the dignity of the individual. PFM employees are selected and trained to respect the human rights and needs of detainees or prisoners. All staff are security vetted and provided with thorough induction training. The Healthcare Centre at HMP Altcourse is staffed 24 hours a day. The team is a made up of qualified nurses and healthcare assistants.   Visiting specialists include: Doctor Dentist Optician Chiropodist Psychiatrist Physiotherapist Nurse-organised clinics include: Diabetes Asthma Giving up smoking Healthy living Hepatitis HIV Physio Blood testing Mental Health Care Counselling Healthcare Centre Capacity Full-time 24 hour medical cover, 12 bed Healthcare Centre. Counselling Counselling is a 'talking therapy'. It can offer time and space, in a confidential setting, to talk about the problems and difficulties that may affect the everyday living of the prisoner such as: anger, bereavement, anxiety, stress, difficulty with relationships, emotional problems, past abuse or just the desire to change. Counselling can help prisoners to help themselves. Through counselling prisoners may come to have a better understanding of themselves, their actions, their thoughts and their feelings. Counselling is available by referral from any member of staff. Counselling takes place in a private room and is totally confidential with the exception of self-harm, harming others or breaches of security.