As the state’s lead public health unit responding to adult rape and sexual assault, Yarrow Place Rape and Sexual Assault Service (operated by the Women’s and Children’s Health Network), is now an approved medical specialist service under Patient Assistance Transport Scheme (PATS). Regional South Australians travelling to Adelaide to access forensic medical care at Yarrow Place may now be eligible for PATS travel and accommodation subsidies.
This change helps support regional South Australians in accessing forensic medical care when local forensic medical services are unavailable.