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

The Adult Clinical Pathway provides information about the healthcare and Forensic Medical examination (FME) for victims of rape or sexual assault; the steps that should be followed by the clinician undertaking the examination; and the requirements for follow up care and ongoing support.


Resources

British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (2015) UK Guideline for the use of HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Following Sexual Exposure[125] [cited 27 October 2020]

British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (2015) United Kingdom National Guideline on the Management of the Viral Hepatitides A, B and C[126] [cited 27 October 2020]

British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (2017) 2017 Interim update of the 2015 BASHH National Guidelines for the Management of the Viral Hepatitides[127] [cited 27 October 2020]

Council of Europe (2014) Convention on Prevention and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CAHVIO)[128] [cited 27 October 2020]

Edinburgh woman’s rape and sexual assault centre (2016) Little Green Book’[129] [cited 27 October 2020]

Enable (2009) Unlocking sexual abuse and learning difficulties[130] [cited 27 October 2020]

Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2011) Consent for patients who may have been seriously assaulted[131] [cited 27 October 2020]

Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine (2016) Guidance on paternity testing[132] [cited 27 October 2020]

Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine (2019) Recommendations for the Collection of Forensic Specimens from Complainants and Suspects[133] [cited 27 October 2020]

Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (2017) Clinical Guidance: Emergency Contraception[134] [cited 27 October 2020]

Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (2017) Guidance for those undertaking or recertifying FSRH qualifications whose personal beliefs conflict with the provision of abortion or any method of contraception[135] [cited 27 October 2020]

General Medical Council (2008) Consent Guidance: Assessing capacity[136] [cited 27 October 2020]

General Medical Council (2013) Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice[137] [cited 27 October 2020]

General Medical Council (2018) Five things to know about our Confidentiality guidance and the GDPR)[138] [cited 27 October 2020]

General Medical Council (2018)Trans healthcare[139] [cited 27 October 2020]

Grassroots (2019) ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training[140] [cited 27 October 2020]

Health Scotland (2019) Gender Based Violence[141] [cited 27 October 2020]

Health Scotland (2019) Gender Based Violence, Domestic Abuse - What Health Workers Need to Know[142] [cited 27 October 2020]

Hemat Gryffe (2018)–Women’s Aid[143] [cited 27 October 2020]

Information Commissioner (2018) Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)[144] [cited 27 October 2020]

International Trauma Questionnaire[145] [cited 27 October 2020]

Scottish Refugee Council (2019) [146] [cited 27 October 2020]

NHS Education for Scotland (2019) Developing your Trauma Skilled Practice[147] [cited 27 October 2020]

NHS Education for Scotland (2015) The Psychological Therapies Matrix[148] [cited 27 October 2020]

NHS Education for Scotland (2018) Opening Doors: Trauma Informed Practice for the Workforce[149] [cited 27 October 2020]

NHS Lanarkshire (2015) Trauma and the Brain: Understanding Abuse Survivors Responses[150] [cited 27 October 2020]

NHS Lanarkshire (2017) Never too late to tell[151] [cited 27 October 2020]

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) The Code – Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates[152] [cited 27 October 2020]

Police Scotland (2019) Forensic Decontamination Protocol[153] [cited 27 October 2020]

Public Health England (2017) The Green Book Hepatitis B: chapter 18[154] June 2017 [cited 27 October 2020]

Rape Crisis Scotland (2014) Rape Crisis Scotland: Guide to the criminal justice system for survivors of sexual violence[155] [cited 27 October 2020]

Rape Crisis Scotland (2014) Supporting LGBTI survivors of sexual violence [156] [cited 27 October 2020]

Rape Crisis Scotland (2017) I Just Froze[157] [cited 27 October 2020]

Rape Crisis Scotland (2019) Rape Crisis Scotland: Survivors Guide to the Scottish Justice System[158] [cited 27 October 2020]

Rape Crisis Scotland (2019)[159] [cited 27 October 2020]

SafeLives (2015) Risk Identification Checklist[160] [cited 27 October 2020]

Scottish Government (2016) Scotland's National Action Plan to Prevent and Eradicate FGM[161] [cited 27 October 2020]

Scottish Government (2016) Sharing of personal sensitive information (Medical / Clinical records) for court proceedings[162] [cited 27 October 2020]

Scottish Government (2019) National DNA Decontamination Protocol[163] [cited 27 October 2020]

Scottish Government (2019) Health Board Service Specification[164] [cited 27 October 2020]

Survivors (UK) (2020) [165] [cited 27 October 2020]

United Nations (1979) United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women[166] [cited 27 October 2020]

United Nations (2006) UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities[167] [cited 27 October 2020]

Women’s Aid[168] [cited 27 October 2020]

Contact

Email: CMOTaskforce.Secretariat@gov.scot

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