sharing information and applying the lessons learnt. The purpose of the safeguarding adult review is not to hold any individual or organisation to account. Other processes exist for that, including criminal proceedings, disciplinary procedures, employment law and systems of service and professional regulation, such as Care Quality Commission and the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Health and Care Professions Council, and the General Medical Council. The purpose of conducting a safeguarding adult review is to establish whether there are any lessons to be learnt from the circumstances of the case, about the way in which local professionals and agencies work together to safeguard adults at risk. The safeguarding adult review brings together and analyses the findings from individual agencies involved in order to make recommendations for future practice where this is necessary. The Safeguarding Adults Board is the only body that can commission a Safeguarding Adult Review and must arrange a safeguarding adult review of a case of an adult in its area with needs of care and support (whether or not the Local Authority was meeting those needs) if: The case involves an adult with care and support needs (whether or not the Local Authority was meeting those needs) There is reasonable cause for concern about how the Safeguarding Adult Board, its members or organisations worked together to safeguard the adult AND The person died (including death by suicide) and the SAB knows/suspects this resulted from abuse or neglect (whether or not it knew about this before the person died) OR The person is still alive but the Safeguarding Adults Board knows or suspects they have experienced serious abuse/neglect, sustained potentially life threatening injury, serious sexual abuse or serious/permanent impairment of health or development. The Care Act 2014 also enables Safeguarding Adults Boards to carry out reviews in other cases where it feels this would be appropriate in order to promote effective learning and improvement action to prevent future deaths or serious harm occurring again. These may be cases which provide useful insights into the way organisations are working together to prevent and reduce abuse and neglect of adults but which may not meet criteria for a safeguarding adult review for example. The 4LSAB have agreed a shared Learning and Review Framework which operates across the area managed but this is managed within each area, in line with the governance arrangements of the individual Boards. Safeguarding Adults Multi Agency Policy, Guidance and Toolkit
sharing information and applying the lessons learnt. The purpose of the safeguarding adult review is not to hold any individual or organisation to account. Other processes exist for that, including criminal proceedings, disciplinary procedures, employment law and systems of service and professional regulation, such as Care Quality Commission and the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Health and Care Professions Council, and the General Medical Council. The purpose of conducting a safeguarding adult review is to establish whether there are any lessons to be learnt from the circumstances of the case, about the way in which local professionals and agencies work together to safeguard adults at risk. The safeguarding adult review brings together and analyses the findings from individual agencies involved in order to make recommendations for future practice where this is necessary. The Safeguarding Adults Board is the only body that can commission a Safeguarding Adult Review and must arrange a safeguarding adult review of a case of an adult in its area with needs of care and support (whether or not the Local Authority was meeting those needs) if: The case involves an adult with care and support needs (whether or not the Local Authority was meeting those needs) There is reasonable cause for concern about how the Safeguarding Adult Board, its members or organisations worked together to safeguard the adult AND The person died (including death by suicide) and the SAB knows/suspects this resulted from abuse or neglect (whether or not it knew about this before the person died) OR The person is still alive but the Safeguarding Adults Board knows or suspects they have experienced serious abuse/neglect, sustained potentially life threatening injury, serious sexual abuse or serious/permanent impairment of health or development. The Care Act 2014 also enables Safeguarding Adults Boards to carry out reviews in other cases where it feels this would be appropriate in order to promote effective learning and improvement action to prevent future deaths or serious harm occurring again. These may be cases which provide useful insights into the way organisations are working together to prevent and reduce abuse and neglect of adults but which may not meet criteria for a safeguarding adult review for example. The 4LSAB have agreed a shared Learning and Review Framework which operates across the area managed but this is managed within each area, in line with the governance arrangements of the individual Boards. Safeguarding Adults Multi Agency Policy, Guidance and Toolkit
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