independent sexual violence advocates work incredibly hard to try to mitigate some of the harms of the criminaljustice system and specialist counselling and other services like rape crisis are incredibly important. however, there are approximately 12,000 people on rape crisis waiting lists currently across england and wales, many of them for counselling and specialist therapy. we know a lot of survivors are reluctant to access therapy prior to court because, number one, the cps guidance around pre trial therapy is not clear, and secondly, evenif therapy is not clear, and secondly, even if they were to access therapy, there is no guarantee of privacy. the current situation is that therapy notes code and are brought into the criminaljustice process. it s an incredibly toxic toxic and harmful environment for people s mental health and well being. ellie mental health and well-being. ellie ball, from mental health and well-being. ellie ball. from the mental health and well being. ellie ba
the report really lays out, it is at every level we need to see change. we need to see huge, wholesale investment into transformation. yes, survivors talk about the delays and we have survivors waiting years for a court case. in the small instances it goes to court. we hear about how they are treated in cross examination, how they are treated by the cps, how they experience those requests that are extreme for personal information. that includes counselling records, medical records, social services records, education records. there needs to be changed at every single part and definitely what needs to come across thatis definitely what needs to come across that is investment and leadership. another thing the report mentions is the fact there are over 10,000 survivors waiting on rape crisis