Prosecutions of accused rapists are being jeopardised by “inadequately trained” clinicians conducting forensic medical examinations that don’t stand up in court, a top forensic physician says.

Late last month, a Queensland audit report found rape victims were being left for hours in hospital waiting rooms or being refused forensic medical examinations because of a lack of trained clinicians.

In the state, any doctor can legally perform a forensic medical examination after completing a two-hour course, while nurses can independently take on the work with additional training.

But many doctors were refusing to do so because they “don’t see it as their core business, don’t want to testify in court and have little guidance”, the report said.