Agenda item - Local Safeguarding Adults Board

Resolved:

1)            That the Health & Wellbeing Board notes the report and supports the City Council in their contribution to keep children safe from abuse and neglect.

2)         That the Health & Wellbeing Board notes LSCB achievements and challenges on page 8.

51.1    Mr Bartlett introduced the Annual Report of the Safeguarding Adults Board 2016/17. Key themes had emerged around the Mental Capacity Act and homelessness. The report included the finds of a safeguarding adults review of the death of a homeless man in the city. There was a clear lack of understanding of Mental Capacity Assessments and when to use them as well as around advocacy. The Safeguarding Adults Board would be working to produce a pan-Sussex procedure around the Mental Capacity Act.

51.2    Councillor Barford stated that a key challenge to the Safeguarding Adults Board was financial pressure. The Board needed to have the budget to allow it to respond to safeguarding issues as they arise as well as to provide training and carry out reviews. Councillor Barford stated that she was pleased that new support posts had been created to increase staff capacity.

51.3    Resolved:

1)            That the Health & Wellbeing Board notes the report and supports the City Council in their contribution to keep children safe from abuse and neglect.

2)         That the Health & Wellbeing Board notes LSCB achievements and challenges on page 8.