Safeguarding is everyone

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Safeguarding is everyones businessGovernance
arrangements in the acute hospital Trust

• Margaret Tench
• Professional Lead for Safeguarding

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The Trust

• Over 6,000 staff
• Services to 350,000 patients per year
• 3 DGHs
• 5 Maternity Units
• 7 Community Hospitals
• Areas - Northumberland North Tyneside

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Safeguarding TeamJanuary 2010
Chief Operating Officer Adults
Exec Director of Nursing Children
General Manager
Professional Lead Named Nurse CP
LD Lead
MCA DoLS Lead
Adult Lead
Child Lead
Secretary
Database
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Safeguarding Children

• Climbie review Named Nurse CP 2004
• New post WTE
• Policies, procedures, mandatory training,
  clinical supervision, performance monitoring
• Organisational cultural change
• SPoC MAPPA / MARAC

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Safeguarding Adults/MCA DoLS

• Safeguarding Adults Lead 2008
• Lead for MCA DoLS 2008
• Policies procedures, mandatory training, web
  site, database, performance monitoring
• CQC notifications (DoLS)

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Learning Disability

• Professional Lead employed July 2010
• Trust sign up to Getting it Right Charter
• Alerts on PAS
• Policies procedures
• Care Pathways
• Mandatory training all clinical staff

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Training provided by Team

• Adult Level 1 2
• MCA Level 1 2
• DoLS
• LD Level 1
• CP Level 1 2
• Annual OSM Away Day
• Annual Ward Managers Away Day
• SAB / LSCB

Mandatory
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Safeguarding Committee

• Monthly meetings
• Representation from all Business Units
• Quarterly performance report
• Serious Case Reviews
• Risk Register
• SAB / LSCB

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Trust Board of Directors
Assurance Committee
Safeguarding Team Performance report Annual
report SCRs/MRs Web site Training
Safeguarding Committee Risk Register
Business Units Governance Committees Risk
Registers/Action Plans
All staff
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Monitoring

• Performance data
• SCR action plans
• Training
• Evaluations/feedback
• Audit

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Next steps

• SCR monitoring group
• IMR training for authors
• Staff leaflet re structures
• Onwards upwards

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