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Information about self-swab kits

Concerns have been raised by specialist organisations about sexual violence self-swab kits, or “rape kits”, marketed to collect evidence after rape or sexual assault.

The Royal College of Physicians and the National Police Chiefs’ Council state these kits shouldn't replace specialist support services.

For advice, contact the Specialist Wellbeing team or see the Sexual Misconduct section.

‘Provision’, ‘criterion’ or ‘practice’ are not defined in the Act but can be interpreted widely and include: arrangements (for example, for deciding who to admit); the way that education, or access to any benefit, service or facility is offered or provided; one-off decisions; proposals or directions to do something in a particular way. 

They may be written out formally or they may just have developed as you have worked out the best way of achieving what it wanted to do. 

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