Introduction safeguarding adults conference

1. Introduction safeguarding adults conference Yasmin Chaudhry – Chief Executive

2. Safeguarding and how is it relevant to the NHS3 key messages aboutsafeguarding adults: integral to the NHS quality agenda quality care and active patient participation and informed choice share accountability within partnerships.

3. Why is safeguarding adults relevant to the NHS?The NHS is accountable to patients for their safety and well being through delivering high quality care.  NHS constitution Quality - providing care that is effective and safe giving a positive patient experience Uphold patients and their rights and protect them from harm or abuse

4. Where are we now?Concerns from the No Secrets consultation and other investigations.Boards need to engage with safeguarding and develop an open and transparent culture.

5. Where are we now? Continued……. There are two fundamental requirements for effective safe guarding in the delivery of NHS care: to prevent safeguarding incidents arising through the provision of high quality care to ensure effective responses where harm or abuse occurs or is suspected through multi agency adult’s procedures and policies.

6. How are we in the NHS going to deliver on safeguarding adults?NHS Boards and commissioners must: set within their strategic objectives use integral governance systems and processes to prevent abuse and have effective responses when harm does occur actively engage with community partners and their local safeguarding boards

7. How are we in the NHS going to deliver on safeguarding adults? there must be board level accountability and clinical and managerial leadership across the workforce and within commissioning consortia ensure learning happens and is disseminate throughout and shared with partners.

8. Today is about considering how we make these expectations a reality.