BMA Guidance on whistleblowing and suspected abuse
The British Medical Association (BMA) has issued new guidance for doctors regarding the treatment of vulnerable patients, stating that healthcare professionals have a duty to flag up any suggestion of...
View ArticleCarer guilty of theft from Vulnerable Adults
A FORMER Cwmbran senior support worker has been jailed after admitting stealing £5,670 from vulnerable adults in her care. Karen Moore, 40, of Brendon Hill, Somerset, appeared in Newport Crown Court...
View ArticleWelsh Government focus on School safeguarding
The Welsh Government is calling for urgent action to improve education services in Pembrokeshire following two highly critical reports. One identified serious failings in procedures to protect...
View ArticleReview of vulnerable adult protection in NI
There will be a review of vulnerable adult protection in Northern Ireland. Edwin Poots,The Northern Ireland Health Minister is looking into creating new policy to ensure the protection of vulnerable...
View ArticleTaxi Drivers no longer eligible for eCRB
Council leaders and safety campaigners have condemned government plans to relax the criminal checks designed to protect passengers from dangerous taxi drivers. Currently, prospective taxi and private...
View ArticleHidden extent of vulnerable adult abuse
The hidden scale of vulnerable adult abuse can be assessed by tracking individual council’s levels of referrals. This is a long term exercise but clicking on the statistics tag will highlight...
View ArticleTender for Disclosure and Barring Services issued
The Home Office has issued a tender for a company to run the outsourced ‘disclosure and barring services’. This will replace the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority...
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‘Death in Custody’ crime created
A ‘Deaths in custody’ corporate manslaughter crime has been created so that Police and other authorities can now be prosecuted over deaths in custody in England, Scotland and Wales. BBC News highlights...
View ArticleBarred people working with vulnerable groups
Fears that barred people will still be able to work with vulnerable groups have resurfaced following a Freedom of Information request to the ISA In July, a report by the Child Protection All Party...
View ArticleNSPCC helpline for paedophiles
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is launching a phone helpline for paedophiles tomorrow. The emergency number – aimed at talking convicted paedophiles out of...
View ArticleDBS to operate from CRB and ISA offices
The CRB will still be merged with the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), in Darlington, to create the new Disclosure and Barring Service (DSB) next year. However it has been confirmed that the...
View ArticleOfsted reduces focus on safeguarding
The release of the new draft inspection framework by Ofsted has implications for schools’ safeguarding procedures. Safeguarding was a separate judgement in the last framework and ‘the effectiveness of...
View ArticleEquality and Human Rights Commission join debate about elderly care
The debate about the care of vulnerable adults, in particular the elderly, is intensifying. A year-long inquiry by The Equality and Human Rights Commission into standards of care for the elderly at...
View ArticleUpdated definition of Regulated Activity for Adults
From 10 September 2012, the definition of regulated activity related to ‘vulnerable adults’ will change. The Department of Health has published information on the scope of regulated activity in...
View ArticleImplications of CRB/ DBS Filtering for Employers
Following the introduction of filtering certain convictions and cautions from DBS certificates on 29th May 2013, Employers will not be able to take certain old and minor cautions and convictions into...
View ArticleCQC report on 100 hospital inspections
A CQC report on 100 hospital inspections found that too many hospitals in England are falling short in the most basic care they are giving elderly patients. It carried out unannounced visits at 100...
View ArticleAbuse of young athletes in sport
A study, by Edge Hill University, aims to establish the prevalence of abuse and maltreatment experienced by competitive athletes, in their childhood and beyond, in the UK. This project is being...
View ArticleSafeguarding Adults at Risk
The Care Act 2014 makes it clear that abuse of adults links to circumstances rather than the characteristics of the people experiencing the harm. Labelling groups of people as inherently ‘vulnerable’...
View ArticleKeeping Children safe in Education
New guidance on Keeping Children safe in education has been published September 2020. It provides a thorough guide to protecting those aged under 18 from a range of issues, including bullying, sexting,...
View ArticleChanges to information reported on DBS Certificates
Now we are into 2021 and thinking of the possibility of life after lockdown, it is a good time to review safer recruitment practice. In particular, review the wording of self-disclosure questions for...
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