Issue - meetings

To receive an update on the outcome of the safeguarding adults reviews considered at the Health Select Committee on 24 April 2018, as well as other work undertaken by the board since then.

The Committee received an update from Richard Crompton, Independent Chair of the Wiltshire Safeguarding Adults Board, on the outcome of the safeguarding adults reviews considered by this Committee on 24 April 2018, in addition to other work undertaken by the Wiltshire Safeguarding Adult Board since then.  

He reported that the Council, together with police and health partners, had launched a multi-agency safeguarding hub to improve outcomes for adults at risk.

Two reviews had been commissioned, one of which involved the death of a vulnerable, homeless adult and it was anticipated that valuable learning would be achieved from this exercise.

A self-assessment audit and peer challenge event identified key issues across the local system, including a need to increase understanding of adult safeguarding and of the Mental Capacity Act 2015.  Following the peer challenge, the Board ran a learning event which was very well attended on the application of the Mental Capacity Act.

Wiltshire Council remained the majority funder but Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Wiltshire Police had increased their contributions to the Board to ensure that its work was multi-agency.

It was noted that one board manager and team now co-ordinated work across the Board and Community Safety Partnership to improve the effectiveness of partnership working.

After some discussion,

Resolved:

(1)          To note the contents of the verbal report.

(2)          To receive the yearly update from the Wiltshire Safeguarding Adult Board and information on the three-year strategy at the Committee’s meeting on 30 April 2019.

(3)          To ask the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care to draw to the attention of Area Boards, via the Community Engagement Managers, the work of the Adult Safeguarding Board and the ways in which to refer any safeguarding concerns to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).