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Concern as government 'disbands' safeguarding advisory body
The Department of Health risks losing out on vital sector expertise on adult safeguarding after it 'disbanded' a key advisory group, weeks before the publication of reforms to the system. The DH denies the claims.
15 May 2012
Social workers urged to help halt forced marriage visas
Border staff are to ask social workers to carry out assessments of learning disabled people's capacity to consent to marry in order to stop visas being granted to foreign spouses in such cases.
05 April 2012
NHS safeguarding training squeezed by anti-terrorism strategy
NHS training in safeguarding is being squeezed by requirements to train staff in identifying adults at risk of becoming terrorists, it has been claimed.
02 April 2012
Burstow U-turn lowers proposed adult safeguarding threshold
Paul Burstow has reversed plans to limit adult protection interventions to people at risk of "significant harm", just days after they were announced and sparked concerns they would leave some adults unprotected.
03 April 2012
Panorama: CQC inspection regime slammed following abuse
The Care Quality Commission's risk-based approach to regulating care services has been called into question, following revelations of abuse of people with learning disabilities in a specialist hospital.
05 August 2011
Safeguarding threshold 'risks leaving adults unprotected'
Adult protection legislation risks leaving people unprotected by setting too high a threshold for intervention, a safeguarding expert has warned. (Image: Fotex/Rex).
22 March 2012
How service users are leading response to Winterbourne View
In the wake of Winterbourne View, the Care Quality Commission employed 27 adults with learning disabilities to act as ‘experts by experience’ in the teams inspecting 150 learning disability services. Two of them discuss their experiences.
20 March 2012
Where social workers go wrong in assessing mental capacity
Social workers need to work harder to enable service users to make decisions for themselves, says independent mental capacity advocate and consultant Natalie Saunders. (Image: Purestock/Getty Images)
12 March 2012
Research: Protecting adults at risk across council boundaries
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has worked with London councils, the police and the NHS to produce guidelines on safeguarding adults
30 September 2011
Overhaul training for best interests assessors, Burstow told
The 'rudimentary' level of training provided to best interests assessors (BIAs) must be significantly improved to protect service users under the deprivation of liberty safeguards (Dols), Paul Burstow has been told. (Image: Purestock/Getty Images)
20 February 2012
Safeguarding failings left disabled couple at mercy of abuser
Safeguarding failings by social work staff left a learning disabled couple at the mercy of a relative who used power of attorney to abuse them for six years, an investigation has found.
16 February 2012
Council leader ejected following damning adult services report
Wirral Council's leadership has been forced out by a vote of confidence called in response to a damning report into adult social services, sparked by a social worker whistleblower.
15 February 2012
Care worker jailed for abusing dementia patients
A care home worker has been jailed for one year for abusing four residents with dementia.
13 February 2012
LGA steps in to tackle council's adult safeguarding failings
The Local Government Association has stepped in to address adult safeguarding failings at Wirral Council by setting up a board to drive improvement. (Picture: Image Source)
13 February 2012
Book review: Working with adults at risk of harm
This is an interesting book that considers the common characteristics between different states of vulnerability, which may occur within a range of contexts, particularly health, social and community care, writes Bridget Penhale.
14 December 2011
Financial abuse of dementia sufferers is rife, warns charity
Social care professionals have been urged to look out for indicators of financial abuse among people with dementia after Alzheimer's Society warned that the problem was rife among the client group. (Image: REX features)
14 December 2011
Book review: Crossing The Acts
The risks faced by adults with mental disorder are greater in degree and type than those of other adults and as such require a different approach to the management of and response to risk and harm, writes Iain McDonald.
13 December 2011
CQC finds leadership gap in learning disability hospitals
Leadership and governance need to be stronger in learning disabilities hospitals and care homes, the Care Quality Commission has said.
08 December 2011
Practice issues in adult safeguarding at a time of cuts
Adult safeguarding consultant Patrick Worthington (pictured) examines the key practice issues facing social care professionals in keeping adults at risk safe at a time of austerity and change
05 December 2011
Ten charged with abuse at Winterbourne View
Ten people have been charged with abusing or neglecting patients at Winterbourne View Hospital for people with learning disabilities. (Image from BBC Panorama).
29 November 2011
