ADULT PROTECTION

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ADULT PROTECTION
Mike Sharman-Middlesbrough Bridget Farrand -
Redcar and Cleveland
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Or ..How to Safeguard Vulnerable
PatientsAnd..Ensure there are safe systems
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Background

• No Secrets Guidance 2000
• CSCI/Healthcare commission Inspections
• Fatalities
• Serious Case Reviews

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Locally..

• South Tees Adult Protection Committee
• Teeswide Steering Group
• Referral Systems
• Learning from SCRs and Practice Issues

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Ten Reasons why the NHS is increasingly
interested in Safeguarding.

• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 -
  Substantial implications
• Good Doctors,Safer Patients - (Shipman)
• Clear Sexual Boundaries between Healthcare
  professionals and patients - (Kerr / Haslam
  inquiries)

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Ten Reasons...

• Mental Capacity Act - Code of Practice / New
  Offence / Future Clinical Care issues
• MCA and Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) Safeguards -
  Rights of Patients and Duty of Staff.

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Ten reasons.

• National Patient Agency Safeguarding Patients
  Publication.
• Healthcare Commission Learning from incidents
• NHS Litigation Authority - Risk Management
  Standards for Acute,Learning Disability and
  Mental Health Trusts

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Ten reasons...

• Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007
• High Cost of Hospital stays that are attributable
  to Abuse and Neglect

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Protecting...

• Child Protection
• Guidance
• Referrals
• Responsibilities

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Protecting...

• Adult Protection
• Guidance ?
• Referrals ?
• Responsibilities ?
• Where do GPs get their Safeguarding Adults Lead
  direction from.?
• What information do GPs need and from who?

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No Secrets Review

• Are Adult Protection Systems in the NHS
  effective?
• Are any part of the NHS / Healthcare sector less
  engaged and more in need with assistance?
• The Role of GPs is a crucial role in Safeguarding
  - Where is the good practice and what can we
  learn from it ?

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No Secrets Review

• Are there particular issues for Mental Health
  Services and safeguarding ?
• What central (and Local) Leadership role should
  there be and what function should it have ?
• What are the main drivers that Safeguarding
  should be linked to in the NHS ? (ie Clinical
  Governance / Risk Management ? )

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No Secrets Review

• No Secrets review web address
• www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/D
  H_089098