West Midlands Paediatric Sexual Assault Service

The West Midlands Paediatric Sexual Assault Service (PSAS) provides a 24/7 ‘one-stop’ open service to anyone up to the age of 17 who has been the victim of rape, sexual violence and/or sexual abuse.

The service, sometimes previously referred to as SARC (Sexual Assault Referral Centre), is delivered by WMRSASC in partnership with:

• the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
• Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
• Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust
• Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
• G4S Health
• the Rape Crisis Centre Consortium (comprising WMRSASC and Coventry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre.)

The service covers the West Midlands, West Mercia and Warwickshire police force areas and will operate an in-reach service into four designated Sexual Assault Referral Centres:

• Blue Sky Centre, George Eliot Hospital, Warwickshire
• The Glade, Bransford, Worcestershire
• Royal Wolverhampton Hospital, Wolverhampton
• Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham