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.


List of abbreviations

ACE

Adverse Childhood Experience

CMO

Chief Medical Officer

CSA

Child Sexual Abuse

CSE

Child Sexual Exploitation

FFLM

Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine

FGM

Female Genital Mutilation

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GIRFEC

Getting it right for every child

GMC

General Medical Council

HIS

Healthcare Improvement Scotland

IJB

Integration Joint Board

IRD

Inter-agency Referral Discussion

JII

Joint Investigative Interview

JPFE

Joint Paediatric Forensic Examination

MCN

Managed Clinical Network

NES

NHS Education for Scotland

NHS

National Health Service

NSPCC

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

RCPCH

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

UN

United Nations

Contact

Email: CMOTaskforce.Secretariat@gov.scot

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