We have produced two short training DVDs aimed at healthcare professionals who have first contact with victims of rape and need to preserve vital early evidence. Both can be used to train large numbers of clinicians. For healthcare professionals About us Contact us Leave website. Search for:. Need help? Before the first of the Havens was set up in May , people who had been raped or sexually assaulted in London often had to wait for many hours, unable to drink, eat or wash, before a forensic medical examination or other services could be provided.
There were very few female doctors with the training to carry out forensic medical examinations in the capital. It was extremely difficult for assault victims to be prescribed emergency contraception and receive treatment, and prevention of STIs was not always successful.
Availability of counselling and support was patchy at best. This all changed with the introduction of the Haven Camberwell. Its success was immediate and far reaching. In the first year alone, it treated people. Paddington and Whitechapel both opened their doors in
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