Article 6DK8S Two-thirds of sexual assault support centres in England branded inadequate

Two-thirds of sexual assault support centres in England branded inadequate

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Andrew Kersley
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Inspectors find failures to protect victims and risks of contaminating forensic evidence

More than two-thirds of England's specialist support centres for victims of sexual assault or abuse have been found to have flaws in the care they offer in their most recent full inspections, the Observer can reveal.

Almost half were found to be breaching their minimum legal obligations to victims in their last full inspection, with problems ranging from a failure to deal with suicide and self-harm risks, cleaning so bad it risked contaminating forensic evidence collected for criminal cases, and failures to do adequate background checks on the staff working with victims.

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