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Protection

Providing an Effective Response

Serious Concerns Generating a Collective

The Board reviewed the Serious Concerns Protocol Local Picture
during the year and re-published this in October 2017
as Responding to and Addressing Serious Concerns The Care Quality Commission (CQC) publishes local
Procedures (RASC). statistics, and updates the Board on the quality of care
provided by Care Homes and Home Care agencies
Ten services across Tees were managed under these across Tees. This helps to develop a picture on how
procedures throughout 2017-18. well adults are protected from abuse and neglect.

Partner agencies have been working with the service Outstanding 4
providers to improve standards and offer support.
Good 99
The RASC and other local policies and procedures
can be accessed here: https://www.tsab.org.uk/key- Requires Improvement 24
information/policies-strategies/
Inadequate 1
……………………………………... CQC Inspection Ratings 2017-18:

Care Home and Home Care Providers
Self-Neglect Policy ……………………………………….
and Guidance

Protective Options
This new guidance was published in October 2017
and seeks to encourage good practice in managing
the balance between protecting adults from self-
neglect, and their right to self-determination to live
their lives as they choose.

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Reducing Risk to the Adult

In 97% of the safeguarding cases investigated by the
four Local Authorities across Tees, the risk to the adult
was either completely removed or reduced. This was
the second Performance Indicator that was achieved
by Board partner agencies in 2017-18.

The Board reviewed its Find Support in Your Area
database to provide a resource for professionals in
listing all the key agencies offering services linked to
each strand of adult abuse:
https://www.tsab.org.uk/key-information/find-support-in-
your-area/

Impact of the Work

The consistent delivery of
policy, combined with the drive to
establish good practice is
helping improve outcomes for adults,
and reduce the number of repeat
victims of adult abuse and neglect.

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