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Priorities What we said we What we did
would do
Develop strategies and • The ‘Making Safeguarding Personal’ guidance was strengthened
Protection
guidance for dealing with in line with national developments. This guidance continues to
all types of abuse. be one of the Boards most accessed online resources.
• All TSAB policies and guidance documents were reviewed to
Reduce repeat incorporate a ‘think family’ approach.
occurrences of abuse. • Focused work commenced to look more closely at safeguarding
incidents occurring between residents in care homes. The
Provide effective and outcome of this work will be reported in 2019-20.
consistent responses to • The Operational Leads Sub-Group held focussed discussions
reported abuse. on Domestic Abuse and heard about the new Whole Systems
Approach adopted by Cleveland Police. Work to understand the
nature of repeat occurrences of this type of abuse will be carried
out in 2019-20.
• There was a 77% increase in the number of Section 42
Enquiries carried out relating to Domestic Abuse.
• Exemplar forms for submitting Safeguarding Concerns and
SAR Notifications were developed to improve the quality of
information received and to assist with a timely response at the
point of contact.

Protection
“Gerald has dementia and often wanders, which keeps him calm. He was unable to consent to being in hospital as he lacked capacity,
however he needed to remain here in order to be safe. Keeping him in hospital without his consent would have interfered with his
Article 5 Human Right to Liberty. Staff therefore used the DoLS to ensure this right was protected during
his stay. The DoLS allowed Gerald to remain in hospital and for a member of the Therapeutic Care Team
to be with Gerald at all times, keeping him safe as he walked, calming himself in the process.”

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