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_ There is an existing code of practice entitled "Services to be provided by the Armed Forces to cover the victims of Crime' It was released in September 2008. The code of practice covers victims of crime generally and although it also makes provision for vulnerable victims it does not specifically deal with the likely repercussions on the victim of an alleged rape by one soldier on another. It is suggested that the code of practice be reviewed either with view to possible revision or with view to establishing separate code of practice to deal specifically with a victim of a serious sexual assault alleged to have been committed by another soldier; 2, The evidence at the Inquest suggested that those responsible for the implementation of measures to be put in place following a Suicide Vulnerability Risk Assessment had insufficient training in the system with no evidence of regular follow-up training: This is in marked contrast with the prison system where those responsible for managing at risk prisoners have specific targeted training with regular updates. The evidence at the Inquest suggested that instruction on the subject of suicide and vulnerability risk assessment formed little more than & lecture_