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.


Footnotes

1 Spotting the signs - CSE - a national proforma (April_2014) (brook.org.uk)

2 Standards QIs for Child Protection Medical Examinations (scot.nhs.uk)

3 Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) (gov.scot)

4 Healthcare and forensic medical services for people who have experienced rape or sexual assault standards (healthcareimprovementscotland.org)

5 Healthcare and forensic medical services for people who have experienced rape or sexual assault - Indicators (healthcareimprovementscotland.org)

6 Service specification for the clinical evaluation of children and young people who may have been sexually abused | RCPCH

7 FFLM Quality Standards for Clinicians Undertaking Paediatric Sexual Offence Medicine (PSOM) - FFLM

8 Child-Protection-service-delivery-standards-2020.pdf (rcpch.ac.uk)

9 National guidance for child protection in Scotland 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10 HMICS Strategic Overview of Provision of Forensic Medical Services to Victims of Sexual Crime.pdf

11 Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (legislation.gov.uk)

12 Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (legislation.gov.uk)

13 Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (legislation.gov.uk)

14 Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)

15 Overview of ACEs - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) - Children - Population groups - Public Health Scotland

16 National guidance for child protection in Scotland 2021 (gov.scot)

17 NES Trauma Training Programme (transformingpsychologicaltrauma.scot)

18 National Trauma Training Framework (transformingpsychologicaltrauma.scot)

19 Trauma Training Plan (transformingpsychologicaltrauma.scot)

20 National Trauma Training Programme - Resources

21 Trauma Knowledge Hub and Newsletter | Improvement Service

22 NES Trauma Informed - Pledge your support (transformingpsychologicaltrauma.scot)

23 The Promise Scotland

24 Patient rights and responsibilities charter (gov.scot)

25 Children's services planning: guidance (gov.scot)

26 Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021

27 National trauma training programme

28 Gender based violence

29 Trauma and the Brain: Understanding Abuse Survivors Responses

30 Opening Doors: Trauma-Informed Practice for the Workforce

31 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

32 Statutory guidance on Corporate Parenting

33 Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

34 Statutory guidance on Corporate Parenting - Public Bodies

35 The Forensic Medical Services (Self-Referral Evidence Retention Period) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)

36 National guidance for child protection in Scotland 2021

37 Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

38 Guidance on Referral to the Reporter - Information for Partners

39 Rape, sexual abuse or child sexual abuse medical services: guide for service providers - December 2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

40 Consent for Joint Paediatric/Forensic Medical Examinations of Children and Young People (scot.nhs.uk)

41 Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (legislation.gov.uk)

42 Decision making and consent - GMC (gmc-uk.org)

43 Publications - FFLM

44 The physical signs of child sexual abuse. An evidence-based review and guidance for best practice | British Dental Journal (nature.com)

45 BASHH National Guidelines on the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections & Related Conditions in CYP

46 FSRH Clinical Guideline: Emergency Contraception (March 2017, amended December 2020) - Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

47 Guidance on Referral to the Reporter - Information for Partners

48 Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (legislation.gov.uk)

49 Scotland's Children - The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 Regulations and Guidance: Volume 1 Support and Protection for Children and Their Families - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

50 Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (legislation.gov.uk)

51 Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (legislation.gov.uk)

52 Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (legislation.gov.uk)

53 Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019 (legislation.gov.uk)

54 Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021 (legislation.gov.uk)

55 Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (legislation.gov.uk)

56 Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 (legislation.gov.uk)

57 Equally Safe: Scotland's strategy to eradicate violence against women - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

58 Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (legislation.gov.uk)

59 Taskforce for the improvement of services for adults and children who have experienced rape and sexual assault - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

60 Trauma – national trauma training programme | NHS Education (scot.nhs.uk)

61 Justice in Scotland: vision and priorities - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

62 Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse [MS No.4/2018] - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

63 Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

64 Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill - Parliamentary Business : Scottish Parliament

65 Child sexual abuse in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

66 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

67 CSA Scale and Nature full report 2018.pdf (csacentre.org.uk)

68 Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2019-2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

69 Trauma – national trauma training programme | NHS Education (scot.nhs.uk)

70 Independent Care Review - The Promise

71 Guidance - best practice management of intimate images which may become evidence in court

72 Guide to establishing urgency of sexual offence examination - FFLM

73 FFLM Quality Standards for Clinicians Undertaking Paediatric Sexual Offence Medicine (PSOM) - FFLM

74 Service specification for the clinical evaluation of children and young people who may have been sexually abused | RCPCH

75 Protecting children and young people - GMC (gmc-uk.org)

76 Decision making and consent - GMC (gmc-uk.org)

77 Standards QIs for Child Protection Medical Examinations

78 Trauma – national trauma training programme | NHS Education (scot.nhs.uk)

79 Opening Doors: Trauma Informed Practice for the Workforce on Vimeo

80 Healthcare and forensic medical services for people who have experienced rape or sexual assault standards (healthcareimprovementscotland.org)

81 Healthcare and forensic medical services for people who have experienced rape or sexual assault - Indicators (healthcareimprovementscotland.org)

82 Gender based violence - Health topics - Public Health Scotland

83 Overview of ACEs - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) - Children - Population groups - Public Health Scotland

84 Trauma and the Brain: Understanding abuse survivors responses on Vimeo

85 RCPCH Child Protection Portal – Child protection and safeguarding in the UK: your essential resource to help inform clinical practice, child protection procedures, and professional and expert opinion in the legal system

86 Peer review in safeguarding | RCPCH

87Physical signs of child sexual abuse - evidence-based review | RCPCH

88 Service specification for the clinical evaluation of children and young people who may have been sexually abused | RCPCH

89 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2017) Faculty for Forensic and Legal Medicine (FFLM Guidance)

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