If you are in immediate danger or seriously injured, you can contact the emergency services on 999 (or 112 from a mobile phone).
Find a safe space. If an incident has just happened try and find somewhere you feel safe.
Find a safe space. If an incident has just happened try and find somewhere you feel safe.
If you’ve just been raped or sexually assaulted, it is important to consider the possibilities of injury, pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections (STI’s), and whether or not you want to go the police. The amount of support and help you receive at this time can help you to overcome the initial shock and disruption to your life.
The NHS Scotland sexual assault self-referral phone service can help to arrange care for you in the days following a rape or sexual assault. The service may be able to arrange for you to have a forensic medical examination (FME) at a SARCS without making a report to the police https://www.nhsinform.scot/sarcs.
Please note that the services provided by Glasgow School of Art, and this report and support system, are not intended to provide urgent crisis support. If you have thoughts of harming yourself or you feel you are at risk of harming others then you need to:
Phone or visit your GP as soon as possible to tell them how you are feeling. To find your local GP, please follow this link. If your GP surgery is closed, call NHS 24 on 111
OR you can contact
The NHS Scotland sexual assault self-referral phone service can help to arrange care for you in the days following a rape or sexual assault. The service may be able to arrange for you to have a forensic medical examination (FME) at a SARCS without making a report to the police https://www.nhsinform.scot/sarcs.
Please note that the services provided by Glasgow School of Art, and this report and support system, are not intended to provide urgent crisis support. If you have thoughts of harming yourself or you feel you are at risk of harming others then you need to:
Phone or visit your GP as soon as possible to tell them how you are feeling. To find your local GP, please follow this link. If your GP surgery is closed, call NHS 24 on 111
OR you can contact
- Samaritans on 116 123
- Breathing Space on 0800 83 85 87
- HOPELineUK on 0800 068 41 41 or text 07860039967