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Corrections are set to trial a pilot for a "hospital hub" with the current model of hospital escorts "no longer fit-for-purpose," according to the CEO.
The news comes after a prisoner was on the run for more than a week in November after escaping while in a hospital escort in Auckland.
In an email sent to staff on Friday and seen by RNZ, Department of Corrections chief executive Jeremy Lightfoot said the Director of Physical Health and Chief Nurse within Pae Ora, Ben Storey, had joined Custodial Services for the next 12 months as Corrections Lead of Hospital Hub.
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