Adult Safeguarding Policies, Standards and Guidance - National

You can view national safeguarding adults policies and guidance using the links below.  There are separate pages on local safeguarding adults policies and guidance and safeguarding adults legislation.

• ADASS protocol for inter-authority investigation of vulnerable adult abuse
• Assessment - Financial abuse in vulnerable adults
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
• HM Government information sharing guidance
• Office of the Public Guardian
• LGA and ADASS Adult safeguarding and domestic abuse: a guide to support practitioners and managers
• Review of national reports into standards of care for older people and vulnerable adults
• Safeguarding Adults: Advice and Guidance to Directors of Adult Social Services
• Safeguarding adults at risk of harm: A legal guide for practitioners
• Safeguarding older people from abuse
• Scope Hate Crime Report

Department of Health safeguarding adults documents

• Role of Health Service Managers and their Boards
• Role of Health Service Practitioners
• Role of NHS Commissioners

Crown Prosecution Service documents

• Supporting victims and witnesses with a learning disability
• Supporting victims and witnesses with a mental health issue
• Prosecuting crimes against older people

Policy documents and research

• Our Health Our Care Our Say (DOH 2006)
• Putting People First (DOH Dec 2007)
• Confidential inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities (CIPOLD)

Care Quality Commission documents

• Care Quality Commission Safeguarding Protocol 
• The State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in England 2015-16

Inquiries

• Bournewood Report (2004)

Resources from Social Care Institute for Excellence

• Report 41: Prevention in adult safeguarding
• Social Care TV - Safeguarding Adults: A prevention project

Social Care TV

Social Care TV an online channel for everyone involved in the social care sector.