dr helena thornton. for people abused in childhood. how do you respond to what dr helena thornton was telling us? it is a scandal. i would join baroness new love, the victims commissioner, in saying this is beyond shocking. we are talking about children vulnerable people that have suffered the most vile crimes. they should be going to a place of complete safety and having the best treatment available. and i have to say that i think part of this, it is not a political thing, but for 40 years we have had an obsession with privatising everything that moves, andi privatising everything that moves, and i think there is a place, obviously, for the private sector, absolutely. we live in a mixed economy. but there are certain services, and we have discussed them before, whether it be health services, the prison service and other services, that are farmed out to private enterprise, and private enterprises motivated by money, and dr helena thornton alluded to this when she said there is a cost involved in getting t

dr helena thornton reviews evidence, typically including videos of genital examinations. worn. i have seen one dvd which did not show the injuries that were documented to have been there. it's very distressing when, if... to feel that somebody at their, at possibly their most vulnerable ever, having been through a traumatic experience, has then been let down. do you think we are letting people down? ido, yeah. the first three days of forensics are crucial for young children. but four doctors have told us that, in the last two years, they have seen cases of young children who have not been forensically examined within 72 hours, because there's been no—one who has been qualified to examine them. for nine months, the crown prosecution service refused to provide us with an audit of forensic evidence from a centre run by the company primecare produced in 2009. but the information commissioner has now ordered its release. all 13 cases went to court, but the audit reveals widespread failings. only one provided acceptable documentation of injuries. and there were just two cases w

dr helena thornton reviews evidence, typically including videos of genital examinations.t their possibly most vulnerable ever, having been through a traumatic experience, has then been let down. do you think we're letting people down? ido, yeah. the first three days of forensics are crucial for young children. but four doctors have told us that in the last two years, they've seen cases of young children who have not been forensically examined within 72 hours, because there has been no—one who has been qualified to examine them. for nine months, the crown prosecution service refused to provide us with an audit of forensic evidence from a centre run by the company primecare produced in 2009. but the information commissioner has now ordered its release. all 13 cases went to court, but the audit reveals widespread failings. only one provided acceptable documentation of injuries. and there were just two cases where the correct forensic samples were taken. in one instance, where a victim was raped, no samples were taken from these areas. in a statement, the cps said the centre

dr helena thornton reviews evidence, typically including videos of genital examinations.ch did not show the injuries that were documented to have been there. it's very distressing when, if... to feel that somebody at their, possibly most vulnerable ever, having been through a traumatic experience, has then been let down. do you think we are letting people down? ido, yeah. the first three days of forensics are crucial for young children. but four doctors have told us that, in the last two years, they have seen cases of young children who have not been forensically examined within 72 hours, because there has been no—one who has been qualified to examine them. for nine months, the crown prosecution service refused to provide us with an audit of forensic evidence from a centre run by the company primecare produced in 2009. but the information commissioner has now ordered its release. all 13 cases went to court, but the audit reveals widespread failings. only one provided acceptable documentation of injuries. and there were just two cases where the correct forensic samples wer

dr helena thornton reviews evidence, typically including videos of genital examinations.ou think we are letting people down? i do, yes. the first three days of forensics are crucial for young children. but four doctors have told us that, in the last two years, they have seen cases of young children who have not been forensically examined within 72 hours, because there has been no one who has been qualified to examine them. for nine months, the crown prosecution service refused to provide us with an audit of forensic evidence from a centre run by the company primecare produced in 2009. but the information commissioner has now ordered its release. all 13 cases went to court, but the audit reveals widespread failings. only one provided acceptable documentation of injuries. and there were just two cases when the correct forensic samples were taken. in one instance, where a victim was raped, no samples were taken from these areas. in a statement, the cps said the centre fell short of standards but, following the report, they worked alongside the police to formulate an improvem