The LGA is pleased to announce the launch of a series of webinars to support the understanding of what constitutes a safeguarding concern. These safeguarding adults webinars are an opportunity to take stock and reflect on what constitutes a safeguarding concern. This multi-agency framework will enable you to take a…
Launch of Appendix Seven: Adult Safeguarding and Homelessness – Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding policy and procedures
Appendix Seven: Adult Safeguarding and Homelessness The purpose of this appendix to the Pan-London procedures is to provide an overview of what is considered current good practice in relation to individuals who experience multiple exclusion homelessness, and information about relevant legal rules. This includes how Safeguarding Adults Boards might respond…
Workshop exploring how data can be used more effectively by Quality Information Sharing Panels
13th January 2020 on Southwark Street
Register for Annual Safeguarding Adults Conference now
6th February 2020 at Hilton London Metropole
Digtal Approach to Multi-Partner Liberty Protection Safeguarding (LPS) Discovery Report
The LGA has released this discovery report in advance of the DoLS system overhaul
Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy & Procedures Consultation now open
The consultation is open until noon 21/01/2019
Fire Safety in Specialised Housing
Summary sheet for commissioners and providers of specialised housing and care services
SCIE National SAR library
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Seeking expressions of interest to join pool of London SAR Champions
Deadline for submission: noon on Friday 10th August 2018
Protected: Making User Involvement Effective in Safeguarding Adults Boards
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Safeguarding Adults and Legal Literacy (SALLY)
ESRC seminar series #7 investigating the impact of the Care Act 2014
Safeguarding adults who sleep rough in London
Consultation on Appendix to the London Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC), Annual Report, England 2016-17
Summary This report presents information about adults at risk for whom safeguarding concerns or enquiries were opened during the reporting period 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017, and case details for safeguarding enquiries which concluded during the reporting period. A safeguarding concern is where a local authority is notified…
Intermediate care including reablement NICE guideline [NG74]
This guideline covers referral and assessment for intermediate care and how to deliver the service. Intermediate care is a multidisciplinary service that helps people to be as independent as possible. It provides support and rehabilitation to people at risk of hospital admission or who have been in hospital. It aims…
Winter-readiness information for London care homes
As winter approaches, it is important that care home managers are reminded and updated on important health considerations for their residents. Care home residents and staff in long-stay residential care homes are particularly influenza (flu) and stomach infections (such as norovirus). These are very infectious and cause outbreaks in residential settings due to…
Making Safeguarding Personal; London ADASS regional temperature check report and analysis
The Care Act guidance states that Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) means that safeguarding should “be person-led and outcome-focused. It engages the person in a conversation about how best to respond to their safeguarding situation in a way that enhances involvement, choice and control as well as improving quality of life, wellbeing and safety” DH,…
Learning from SARs report
This project undertook an analysis of the nature and content of 27 safeguarding adults reviews commissioned and completed by London Safeguarding Adults Boards since implementation of the Care Act 2014 on 1st April 2015. To access the report click here
Risk Summits – National Guidance, Third edition, July 2017
Risk Summits provide a mechanism to bring the health and care system together very quickly when a serious, specific concern about the quality of care has been raised. Like Quality Surveillance Groups (see above), they are an important tool within the wider quality framework set out in the NQB’s Shared…
Quality Surveillance Groups – National Guidance, Third edition, July 2017
Quality Surveillance Groups (QSGs) bring together different parts of the health and care system, to share intelligence about risks to quality. The NQB’s Shared Commitment to Quality sets out seven steps to maintain and improve quality. QSGs are an important element of step 5 – maintaining and safeguarding quality. This…
Law Commission report: Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty
The Law Commission recommends that the DoLS should be replaced with a new scheme called the Liberty Protection Safeguards. The final report (which includes the draft Bill) and other project documents are available here. The report and draft Bill will now be considered by Government.