tailoring legal aid services, processes and pathways that are inclusive, accessible and • equitable providing independent, expert and credible forensic medical and scientific services • providing medico-legal support to the justice system by the Victorian Institute of Forensic • Medicine (VIFM) providing referral to appropriate support agencies for victims of crime, administering a • Victims Counselling Scheme and funding community programs to establish victim support networks. Performance Unit of Notes measures measure target actual actual actual Quantity Clinical forensic medical number 2,212 nm nm services (VIFM) Duty lawyer services number 80,000 75,170 78,174 70,830 (VLA) Grants of assistance number 45,000 44,641 42,157 36,963 (VLA) Legal advice to clients number 135,000 119,242 124,345 95,858 1 (VLA) Medico-legal death number 4,484 4,530 4,550 investigations (VIFM) Number of victims number 8,500 9,291 9,497 9,662 receiving a service (VSA) Provision of expert forensic medical and number >200 257 nm nm 2 scientific evidence in court (VIFM) Quality Quality per cent 95.0 94.0 94.0 96.0 (VIFM)
• tailoring legal aid services, processes and pathways that are inclusive, accessible and equitable • providing independent, expert and credible forensic medical and scientific services • providing medico-legal support to the justice system by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) • providing referral to appropriate support agencies for victims of crime, administering a Victims Counselling Scheme and funding community programs to establish victim support networks. Performance measures Unit of measure target actual actual actual Notes Quantity Clinical forensic medical services (VIFM) number 2,212 nm nm Duty lawyer services (VLA) number 80,000 75,170 78,174 70,830 Grants of assistance (VLA) number 45,000 44,641 42,157 36,963 Legal advice to clients (VLA) number 135,000 119,242 124,345 95,858 1 Medico-legal death investigations (VIFM) number 4,484 4,530 4,550 Number of victims receiving a service (VSA) number 8,500 9,291 9,497 9,662 Provision of expert forensic medical and scientific evidence in court (VIFM) number >200 257 nm nm 2 Quality Quality (VIFM) per cent 95.0 94.0 94.0 96.0
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