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Chapter 7 - Safeguarding Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2024

George Tadros
Affiliation:
Aston University, Birmingham
George Crowther
Affiliation:
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds
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The present chapter is intended to be an outline of the key elements of safeguarding adults and a tool to assist you in your work in acute hospitals and to make you confident about identifying and acting on abuse and neglect, including self-neglect.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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‘Gaslighting’ is a term that refers to trying to convince someone that they are wrong about something even when they are not. Browse Gaslighting — what are the signs and how can it be addressed? | Relate.Google Scholar
Cuckooing is a practice in which people take over a person’s home and use the property to facilitate exploitation. It takes the name from cuckoos, who take over the nests of other birds. Visit the site What is cuckooing | Cuckooing | Oxford City Council.Google Scholar
The Francis Report was published on the basis of a public inquiry into poor care at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. The report examined what led to poor standards of care and unnecessary patient deaths at the hospital, and why the warning signs of serious failings were not recognised.Google Scholar
A hate crime is defined as ‘[a]ny criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s race or perceived race; religion or perceived religion; sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; disability or perceived disability and any crime motivated by hostility or prejudice against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender’ (Metropolitan Police definition, as quoted at www.cps.gov.uk/crime-info/hate-crime).Google Scholar
Browse Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) - SCIE.Google Scholar
Browse Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) – SCIE.Google Scholar
Browse Information sharing principles – the purpose and context – GMC (gmc-uk.org).Google Scholar
The Care Act 2014, Section 42 requires that each local authority make enquiries or cause others to do so, if it believes that an adult is experiencing, or is at risk of, abuse or neglect. An enquiry should establish whether any action needs to be taken to prevent or stop abuse or neglect, and if so, by whom.Google Scholar
An item of ‘overriding public interest’ refers to a situation where it is essential to share information in order to prevent a crime or to protect others from harm (e.g. hate crime, which we have a statutory responsibility to report). This definition is supported by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 .Google Scholar
The term ‘vital interests’ is intended to cover only interests that are essential for someone’s life. So this concept’s lawful basis is very limited in scope; generally it applies only to matters of life and death.Google Scholar
Browse Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff | Royal College of Nursing (rcn.org.uk).Google Scholar

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