Jess Asato MP has been appointed as Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care. She will advise the Health Secretary on linking alcohol to VAWG, embedding support for victims in neighbourhood health services, and improving local commissioning of VAWG services. Asato will also lead integration of VAWG services into new neighbourhood health centres that bring GPs, nurses, pharmacists and other providers under one roof. Over the next six months she will focus on reducing the impact of alcohol on violence, embedding support in neighbourhood services, and ensuring the right help is in the right place. The appointment comes as part of a government mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade, following data that 3.8 million adults experienced domestic abuse in England and Wales last year. Asato previously worked as a domestic‑abuse policy head at Barnardo’s and SafeLives.
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