Forensic services for victims of sexual abuse and assault.

Abstract

This paper presents a practical review of the premises, facilities, and supplies for victim examination suites for victims of sexual abuse and assault in the UK. Since the mid-1980s, a wide array of specialist suites and forensic services for the examination of adult victims of sexual abuse, such as interview and medical examination rooms, has been introduced in a variety of hospital and police premises. In London, specialist training courses involving doctors who will be conducting examinations, health service providers in accident and emergency departments and departments of genitourinary medicine, obstetrics and gynecology have also been developed. This paper also discusses the conduct of forensic medical examination and training provided for forensic medical examiners in London.