Healthcare in Sexual Assault Referral Centres

Sector-leading aftercare for sexual assault

Mountain Healthcare is the largest provider of Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) services in the UK.

A SARC is a specialised medical clinic for children, young people and adults that have been sexually assaulted including rape.

We partner with the Police and NHS England to ensure public access to expert trauma-informed care 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Holistic patient-centred care

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Sector-leading aftercare for sexual assault

Mountain Healthcare is the largest provider of Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) services in the UK.

A SARC is a specialised medical clinic for children, young people and adults that have been sexually assaulted including rape.

We partner with the Police and NHS England to ensure public access to expert trauma-informed care 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Our patients are offered
  • Immediate crisis support including access to medicine
  • Forensic medical examinations
  • Holistic examinations and care for non-recent cases
  • Collection and storage of forensic samples
  • Comprehensive Risk Assessments
  • Patient access to specialist counselling and Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVA) support
  • Service referrals and follow-up calls
Our team
  • Crisis Workers and Administrators
  • Outreach Workers
  • Counsellors
  • Registered Mental Health Nurses
  • Forensic Nurse Examiners and Paediatricians
  • Strategy and Safeguarding Workers
  • SARC Managers
  • Associate Head of Healthcares

Practitioners must have a minimum of 3+ years post-qualification experience within an acute medical setting.

Committed to excellence

Strategic Partnerships

We recently partnered with the Office of the North Yorkshire and York Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Zoë Metcalfe to spread awareness of SARC services and the prevention of violence against women and girls.

What our SARC patients are saying

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