Recommendation 28

We welcome the fact that the Law Commission’s project will be covering access to counselling and therapy notes and records. However, we are concerned that, as the Law Commission will not be reporting until summer 2023, victims and survivors could be left without the mental health support they need for longer than is acceptable. We recommend that the Government ask the Law Commission to publish separate recommendations on pre-trial therapy and the disclosure of counselling and therapy notes at an earlier stage in their project, preferably by the end of this year.