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Health Response to Stalking

Health Survey for Victims of Stalking

By completing this survey you are giving consent to the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to publish and analyse your responses. All information will be anonymised for your privacy.

The data will contribute towards important research and eventual policy and lobbying work to improve victim/survivors' experience of the health response to stalking across the UK. Your experience and opinions are invaluable to us, and will have a direct impact on the work we do. 

We appreciate you taking the time to complete this. 
1.Are you currently, or have you been a victim of stalking? 

Stalking is a pattern of fixated and obsessive behaviour which is repeated, persistent, intrusive and causes fear of violence or engenders alarm and distress in the victim. 

It can consist of any type of behaviour such as: regularly sending flowers or gifts, unwanted or malicious communication through social media, damaging property and physical or sexual assault.  Often the psychological impact of stalking is what has the biggest impact.
2.What gender do you identify as?

This will help us understand how to best support victims.(Required.)
3.What is your sexual orientation?
4.What is your age?
5.What is your ethnicity?(Required.)
6.Do you have a disability?
7.Are you/were you based in the UK when the stalking occurred?(Required.)
8.If you are/were based in the UK, can you specify which region?
9.How long were you/have you been stalked for?
10.On a scale of 1-5, how good was your mental health prior to being stalked? (1 being extremely poor, 5 being excellent)
11.On a scale of 1-5, how good was your mental health after being stalked? (1 being extremely poor, 5 being excellent)
12.Overall, what impact would you say that stalking has had on your life? (please describe in your own words how it has impacted your mental and physical health)
13.Since being stalked, have you been formally diagnosed with any mental health conditions?
14.Did you experience any physical impacts as a result of the stalking? If yes, please specify.
15.Since being stalked, have you attempted to access health support from an NHS medical or health practitioner?
16.If yes, were you able to access an NHS medical or health practitioner?
17.Has the Covid-19 pandemic impacted your ability to access healthcare services?
18.Do you feel the NHS medical or health practitioner understood your experience of being stalked?
19.Do you feel that your protected characteristics (e.g., disability, sexuality, gender, ethnic group) in any way had an impact on the level of support you were offered by the NHS?
20.Which NHS health services have you accessed due to stalking? (tick all that apply)
21.Which, if any, alternative services did you seek support from outside of the NHS due to stalking? (tick all that apply)
22.On a scale of 1-5, was the advice you received from the NHS practitioner/s helpful? (with 1 being extremely unhelpful, and 5 being extremely helpful)
23.On a scale of 1-5, to what extent do you feel the NHS practitioner/s you had contact with had an understanding and empathy for the level of impact that the stalking had caused? (with 1 being no understanding and empathy and 5 being extremely understanding and empathetic)
24.From your experience of seeking support from an NHS practitioner following stalking, what further support would you have liked to receive? (tick all that apply)
25.Going forward, what change would you like to see to improve stalking victims' experience of the health sector? (tick all that apply)
26.If you are happy to be contacted by Suzy Lamplugh Trust for further research on this issue, please enter your contact details below. All information will remain confidential. 
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