{"id":1711,"date":"2026-02-05T13:31:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:31:59","slug":"national-sexual-safety-charter-guidance-pending-further-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/2026\/02\/05\/national-sexual-safety-charter-guidance-pending-further-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"National Sexual Safety Charter: Guidance Pending Further Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>National Sexual Safety Charter: Guidance Pending Further Discussions<\/h2>\n<p>The LOC has become aware that ICB and NHSE Regional Teams may have been corresponding with practices seeking confirmation of sign-up to the nationally mandated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/long-read\/an-update-on-actions-to-prevent-sexual-misconduct-in-the-nhs\/\">Sexual Safety Charter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>LOCSU have advised the LOC to inform practices that there no requirement\u00a0to complete the return\/paperwork\u00a0and\u00a0are\u00a0advised to\u00a0await\u00a0the outcome of national discussions.<\/p>\n<p>OFNC\u00a0is\u00a0meeting\u00a0with\u00a0NHSE representatives\u00a0the\u00a0week\u00a0commencing\u00a02 February to discuss this\u00a0requirement. LOCSU will provide the LOC a further update after this meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0NHSE timetable\u00a0as published:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 Feb\u00a0\u2013 offer support to all primary care providers.<\/li>\n<li>2 Feb \u2013 31 March\u00a0\u2013 primary\u00a0care\u00a0confirm\u00a0they have\u00a0signed to\u00a0the Charter and\u00a0complete\u00a0the checklist.\u00a0We await the outcome of the OFNC discussions, following which we\u00a0will\u00a0be able to\u00a0support\u00a0LOCs and practices\u00a0with\u00a0next\u00a0steps.<\/li>\n<li>31 March\u00a0\u2013\u00a0NHSE review with\u00a0ICBs to check completion numbers. We have taken the\u00a0stance this\u00a0is the actual deadline for completion. OFNC discussion outcomes and subsequent\u00a0appropriate guidance\u00a0will be provided\u00a0with this date in mind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whilst LOCSU\/LOC may wish to support the principles of the Charter, it is the national sector view that the requirements as described in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/long-read\/an-update-on-actions-to-prevent-sexual-misconduct-in-the-nhs\/\">NHSE guidance<\/a>\u00a0of 5 December do not appear to reflect an understanding operational optical practice; as such it proposes disproportionate requirements.<\/p>\n<p>If there are any further questions, please do get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Sexual Safety Charter: Guidance Pending Further Discussions The LOC has become aware that ICB and NHSE Regional Teams may have been corresponding with practices seeking confirmation of sign-up to the nationally mandated\u00a0Sexual Safety Charter. LOCSU have advised the LOC to inform practices that there no requirement\u00a0to complete the return\/paperwork\u00a0and\u00a0are\u00a0advised to\u00a0await\u00a0the outcome of national discussions. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/2026\/02\/05\/national-sexual-safety-charter-guidance-pending-further-discussions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;National Sexual Safety Charter: Guidance Pending Further Discussions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1712,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions\/1712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}