MESARCH Study

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SARCs were a gateway to survivors receiving support from a range of onward support across the third sector, health and police/justice agencies Survivors often experienced delays in accessing follow on mental healthcare

Today we share findings from our 1 year follow up cohort study #16DaysOfActivism During 2019-2022, we spoke to over 300 survivors who had attended 21 SARCs in England about their experiences of support at SARC and the care they received afterwards…

This video from @NHSEngland shares more about what a SARC is and the care and support you can receive youtube.com/watch?v=Et6Ja2…

The importance of valuing and developing collaboration between SARC staff and other agencies, as this translates to high quality care and support of survivors.

Today we share key findings from our process evaluation of SARCs, during the #16DaysOfActivism 👇 We found that SARCs are under-utilised and many professionals are not sufficiently aware of the services they offer.

Survivors highlighted a range of features associated with with the context in which interventions were delivered that impacted how they accessed and experienced interventions… eg setting of intervention, characteristics of facilitators, staff turnover

Our findings showed the importance of survivors having access to a range of interventions that can improve health and wellbeing, including traditional trauma focused and non- trauma focused approaches.

We created evidence briefings from our 2 Cochrane Reviews, examining the evidence of the effect of psychosocial interventions on mental health and wellbeing for survivors. This included the types of interventions offered by SARCs, services in 3rd sector, NHS or privately. 👇

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SARCs provide people with the choice to have a forensic medical examination to collect evidence and support those who wish to report to police. Our study found that SARCs can offer high-quality support which often makes a real difference to survivors.

During the #16DaysOfActivism we’ll share key findings from our study. SARCs provide a safe space and dedicated care for anyone who has been raped, sexually assaulted or abused, providing crisis support, care for medical needs and sexual health. nhs.uk/live-well/sexu…

A summary of our recently published research has been featured in a @NIHRresearch alert. Key findings are shared here 👇

Well done Lorna @TheMesarchStudy for this work and thank you to @BBCWomansHour for covering the story. #SARCs need more promotion so any victim knows where to turn for help. @FFLMUK @NHSEngland

Catch up on today's @BBCWomansHour 🎙️ as Prof. O’Doherty discusses @TheMesarchStudy highlighting the urgent need to improve access to Sexual Assault Referral Centres for survivors #Support #Research

🎙️"We can't afford to be complacent. We mustn't take these findings for granted." 🩶 Prof. O'Doherty discusses @TheMesarchStudy on @BBCWomansHour, emphasising the need to improve access to Sexual Assault Referral Centres for survivors. 🎧Listen @ 30:49⤵️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

💪Kicking off the week with important conversations! This morning, join Professor Lorna O’Doherty on @BBCWomansHour as she'll discuss the importance of raising awareness of Sexual Assault Referral Centres. Tune in today🎧⤵️ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… @TheMesarchStudy