The health centre in the prison where the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing was held is �not fit for purpose�, an inspector's report has disclosed. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, was released from Greenock prison on compassionate grounds last week.

The health centre in the prison where the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing was held is "not fit for purpose", an inspector's report has disclosed.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, was released from Greenock prison on compassionate grounds last week.

The prison service said that 57-year-old Megrahi would have received some treatment in the jail's health centre but that any specialist needs he had would have been met in hospital.

A report published today by former prisons inspector Andrew McLellan, which he compiled before he stood down earlier this year, said: "The health centre is not fit for purpose but care delivery itself is satisfactory."

"It is very cramped and a lack of appropriate facilities has meant that some visiting specialists have to see prisoners in the hall when a room is unavailable or the agents' visits area."

Noise, privacy and infection control were all criticised.

However, Dr McLellan says that overall he compiled a good report on the prison. "Many aspects of the prison have been commended in previous reports and continue to be good," he said.

Singled out for praise were the relationships between staff and prisoners, general safety in the prison, the standard of food, the preparation of inmates for release, and the prison's laundry and addiction services.