Healthcare professionals - supporting adults who present having experienced rape or sexual assault: clinical pathway

Appendix C – National Clinical IT System, ‘Cellma’

The National Clinical IT System, ‘Cellma’, will be used by medical and forensic staff to support clinical care and forensic assessment. Cellma provides a digital version of the adult National Form which was previously developed by the CMO Taskforce Clinical Pathways Subgroup. This builds on previous work to ensure consistent documentation of the clinical and forensic elements of immediate care for people who have experienced rape or sexual assault, to improve the quality of clinical care, forensic assessment, and progress through the justice system for those who choose to engage with the police. Health professionals and representatives from Police Scotland, COPFS and the Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services have worked collaboratively to develop the digital version of the National Form within Cellma.

The digitised National Form within Cellma includes certain pieces of information that make up the National Dataset for Adults. A ‘mini assessment’ for Children and Young People is used to record the National Dataset for this age group as well. It allows services to monitor quality of services and plan service improvements. Work is ongoing to fully digitise the children and young people’s pro forma, which is completed to record the findings from a Joint Paediatric Forensic Examination.

The National Dataset in Cellma will be routinely exported and sent via secure link to Public Health Scotland. This will be used for regular performance management reports for local use. The National Dataset will also be used to produce an annual report as required by the Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021. For further information please contact, phs.rsa-data@phs.scot.