6th Annual Sexual Health Forum

26 November 2010

Elizabeth Harrison

DCI Mark Yexley

Pan London Activity

April – September 2010:

• 791 forensic examinations

• 503 follow up clients

• of which, 255 clients attended for both

= 1040 clients in total

Age range of forensic clients

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

<12 13-15

16-17

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-5

55-64

65+

Follow up appointments88

18

224

263

46

460

272

Counselling

medical follow up

Psychology

Young Person'sClinic

Nurse led clinic

SOIT clinic

Asian DevelopmentWorker

NST visit

3 day visit in June identified strengths and good practice: -

• Strong partnerships between Metropolitan Police Service and PCTs

• 50:50 funding arrangement• Asian Development Worker post

Commissioning changes

Move to Specialised Commissioning 1 October 2010 leading to:

• Standardised DH Contracts aligned with Sexual Health commissioning arrangements from April 2011

• Detailed service specification• Clear patient pathways

New projectsDepartment of Health and Home Office funding:

• Open Doors Independent Sexual Violence Advisor in Whitechapel

• Vulnerable Adult /Mental Health ISVA in Camberwell and Paddington

• Extended evening clinic hours to increase access

• Needs assessment to be undertaken by COI• Review of client feedback

10th Anniversary On-line survey of over 1000 18-25 year olds in

London:

• 56% said they would never try to pressure their partner into having sex with them

• 41% said they had been pressured into some sort of sex that they didn’t want

10th Anniversary • 92% of women (compared to 77% of men) said

when a person says no to sex, and the other goes ahead regardless, that’s rape.

• 75% of women (compared to 54% of men) believe if you change your mind during sex, and the other person goes ahead, that’s rape.

10th Anniversary

• 71% of 22-24 year olds (compared with just 60%

of 18-19 year olds) believe having sex with someone who is asleep is rape.

• 35% of young men would carry on having sex with someone who was too drunk/out of it to know what was going on.

10th Anniversary

• Commissioned interactive film by Sara Dunlop • Social networking sites used to seed film on

internet aimed at 18-25 year olds• Boris Johnson, Mayor of London: “Young people

clearly need to think much harder about consent. I hope this film will help prompt that debate and I’m grateful to the Havens for the vital and remarkable service they have delivered for the past ten years.”

Haven film

Youtube comments

Over 36,000 views on Youtube to date.

Very hard hitting, hard to watch but absolutely necessary! No means NO and young men have to recognise the damage to not only the potential victim but to themselves by continuing when there has not been consent. Its about time this country started standing up for the victims of sexual assault and Rape in the same way they stand up for victims of other crime!

Youtube comments

Everyone should see this, and everyone should talk

to their mates/ colleagues/ kids about it. There's a shocking amount of people out there who still think that if a girl is drunk and wearing a short skirt, then she's asking for it. I absolutely don't buy into this myth that men have this strong inner urge that overpowers them, if men can't control themselves when they're drunk then don't drink, don't put the responsibility on the girl to not be attacked.

Youtube comments

Great movie.

Gets the message across