had asked to see his medical records, but the prison had nothing on file. When he had arrived at reception in his first prison, Gary hadn’t been able to tell them which GP he was registered with, and it looked as though the matter had been left at that. No one knew his medical history, so anything that had happened before prison had essentially been forgotten. (This isn’t an unusual scenario by any means – it’s not how it should be, but it is how it is. Our creaking, overburdened public services don’t always succeed at the fabled joined-up thinking.) He’d gone through the standard quick screen
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