Responding to a subpoena and writing a safeguarding statement — OSCE

Station brief (8–10 minutes)

You are the consultant on call. A registrar hands you a subpoena received at 5 p.m. on a Friday, requiring production of records and attendance at family court for a 2-year-old they assessed last year with a femur fracture in a suspected non-accidental injury case. Advise the registrar on the immediate steps, the principles of medicolegal documentation for the safeguarding statement, and how to prepare to give evidence. Do not invent jurisdiction-specific statutory wording or local tribunal procedure. ^{[2] [6]}