Tamsin Dolamore
12 May 2023 · Coroner Andrew Cox · Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of guaranteed funding for long-term therapy and recovery for rape and sexual assault survivors
“I am concerned that the provision of long-term therapy and recovery for the survivors of rape and sexual violence, which should be extended to include domestic abuse and child sexual abuse, needs to be formalised and provided with a guaranteed level of funding.”
2. staffing shortages in rape case investigation
“there were 600 open rape and serious sexual assault cases with 20 vacancies at Detective Constable level to take them forward”
3. fragmented long-term recovery support for sexual violence survivors
“peninsula sexual violence pathfinder [funded by NHSE] which brings together commissioners and services across Devon, Cornwall, Plymouth and Torbay to pilot new approaches to longer- term recovery support”