The Care Programme Approach, sexual violence and clinical practice in mental health

The impetus for 'asking the question' first established in 2008 with the establishment of eight pilot training programmes, has been lost. It is clear that Trusts are not training adequate number of staff nor are they returning useable data to HSCIC. If 40% of people attending SARCs are known to mental health services we suspect that few staff in mental health trusts known much about such a referral. Research shows convincingly that sexual violence and abuse plays a clear role in the aetiology of mental health disorders. A history of such violence/abuse should be always established (or otherwise).