Healthcare professionals - supporting children and young people who may have experienced child sexual abuse: clinical pathway
The purpose of this guidance is to ensure a consistent approach to the provision of healthcare and forensic medical examination services for children and young people of either sex who may have experienced sexual abuse.
Resources
Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (2014) Guidance for best practice for the management of intimate images that may become evidence in court[71]
Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (2016) Post pubertal complainants[72]
Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (2017) Quality standards for doctors undertaking paediatric sexual offence medicine[73]
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health - Service specification for the clinical evaluation of children and young people who may have been sexually abused [74]
General Medical Council (2012) Protecting Children and Young People – The Responsibilities of all Doctors[75]
General Medical Council (2008) Consent: Patients and Doctors Making Decisions Together[76]
Managed Clinical Network for Child Protection Standards of Service Provision and Quality Indicators for the Paediatric Medical Component of Child Protection Services in Scotland[77]
NHS National Education Scotland (2017) Transforming Psychological Trauma: A knowledge and skills Framework for the Scottish Workforce[78]
NHS National Education Scotland (2018) Opening Doors: Trauma Informed Practice for the Workforce[79]
NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland (2017) Standards for Healthcare and Forensic Medical Services for People who have Experienced Rape, Sexual Assault or Child Sexual Abuse: Children, Young People and Adults Standards[80]
NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland (2018) Healthcare and Forensic Medical Services for People to have Experienced Rape, Sexual Assault and Child Sexual Abuse: Children, Young People and Adults Indicators [81]
NHS Health Scotland (2018) Gender Based Violence[82]
NHS Health Scotland (2019) Adverse Childhood Experiences[83]
NHS Lanarkshire (2015) Trauma and the Brain: Understanding Abuse Survivors Responses[84]
Paediatric Care Online (2013) Child protection companion (2nd edition)[85]
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2012) Peer Review in Safeguarding[86]
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2015) The physical signs of child sexual abuse: an updated evidence-based review and guidance for best practice[87] (2nd edition)
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2015) Service specification for the clinical evaluation of children and young people who may have been sexually abused[88]
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2017) Faculty for Forensic and Legal Medicine (FFLM Guidance)[89]
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