Health minister announces a 12-month extension in funding for a service for victims of sexual violence.
Funding for the only free specialist counselling service for victims of sexual violence in Northern Ireland is to be extended for one year.and there was no free specialist replacement service lined up.
"I should clarify that these largely relate to efficiency and lower than expected numbers of sessions rather than the quality of the counselling that is being provided.
"They see it has an underperformance so they're not counting them towards sessions delivered," she said. "Anyone who goes through the horrendous ordeal of abuse will be left with long-term impacts and I dread to think what could have happened if this support was not restored."
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