Report Summary
This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of Forensic Services Director’s Report.
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Meeting
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Forensic Services Committee - 7 May 2024
Date : 07 May 2024
Location : Online
Forensic Nurses training
Carol Rogers, Forensic Operations Lead, and Joanne Cochrane, Senior Forensic Scientist, from Forensic Services delivered training last month at the Scottish Police College to nursing students from the Queen Margaret University PG Cert Advanced Forensic Practise, Sexual Offence Examination course.
The course, created on the back of the Forensic Nurse Pilot, initiated by the Chief Medical Officer Taskforce, is part of a year-long programme to provide the nurses with the training and evidence gathering required to allow them to carry out forensic medical examinations (FME) of victims of rape and sexual assault. Currently, only doctors can legally carry out FME in Scotland.
