The Sexual Assault Program provides care to individuals who have experienced sexual violence. We work together with other community services to offer medical care, emotional support and assistance through the legal process.

The following services are available:

Sexual Assault Response Team
The Sexual Assault Response Team is a group of specially trained nurses. The team is available twenty-four hours a day through the Emergency Department at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. The team can provide:

• Emergency and follow-up medical care for injuries and testing for sexually transmitted infections, etc.
• Collection of information (forensic evidence) that may be necessary for use in a criminal investigation, if the client wishes.
• Crisis emotional support.
• Longer term follow-up counselling.
• Arrangements to talk to the police, if the client wishes.
• Information about any or all of these areas.

None of this will occur without a client's consent. The Sexual Assault Response Team gives clients the information they need to make decisions that are right for them.

Counselling Services
A social worker provides counselling for individuals who have been sexually assaulted recently and in the past.

Call the Women's Health Care Centre at (705) 743-4132 or 1-800-419-3111 for more information.