No Secrets and Dignity

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No Secrets and Dignity

• Anna Morgan
• National Programme Manager No Secrets

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No Secrets and Dignity

• No Secrets (DH 2000), provided guidance on
  developing and implementing multiagency policies
  and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from
  abuse
• Safeguarding Adults
• A Consultation on the Review of the No
  Secrets Guidance (DH 2008)
• Consultation from October 2008 to 31st January
  2009
• nosecretsreview_at_dh.gsi.gov.uk

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No Secrets and Dignity

• Why Review?
• New Government vision of the kind of society we
  envisage for the future
• No secrets guidance should be strengthened.
• Consider legislation

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No Secrets and Dignity

• Making the Link Between No Secrets and Dignity
• Dignity
• Vulnerable
• Safeguarding
• Essence of Care
• An example to consider

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No Secrets and Dignity

• The balance between
• Dignity and Safeguarding..

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• THANK YOU