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Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report 2018/19

Meeting: 24/09/2019 - Cabinet (Item 154)

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Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

  1. That the Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report be noted prior to it being published.

 

  1. That the next steps for the publication of the Annual report were agreed.

 

Reason for Decisions:

 

These decisions demonstrate that the Council is well placed to fulfil its obligations under the Care Act to have an established Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) in its area. It will support the SSAB to be transparent by providing information to the public on the performance of the Board in the delivery of its strategic plan.

 

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Adults and Health Select Committee]

 

Minutes:

This report was presented to Cabinet by Mr Simon Turpitt, the Independent Chair of the Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) which was a statutory Board with responsibilities set out in the Care Act 2014.  One of the Board’s statutory duties was to publish an Annual Report. 

 

He described various aspects of the Board’s work and how the Board was working in cooperation with safeguarding boards and others such as community safety, children’s services and the Health & Well Being Board.  Healthwatch had been requested to be the voice of the user.

 

Mr Turpitt went on to describe some of the issues highlighted in the report such as Mental Capacity Act implementation and private care homes that did not engage.

 

In response to a Member query about the rise in reporting of safeguarding incidents Mr Turpitt explained that there were various reasons for this including; increased awareness, increased demand and that the numbers of vulnerable of people would continue to grow.  He stated that the rising numbers was not in itself an issue as long as they were responded to appropriately.  There was a regular audit of historical data but this did not forecast the future.  He went on to say that the fire service had been a very good partner.

 

In response to another query about the budget being underspent Mr Turpitt explained that they have to budget for serious case reviews but not knowing how many, if any, there were likely to be in any one year.  The cost of a serious case review could be from £20k to £30k each.  Budget not spent was carried forward to the following year.

 

The Leader thanked Mr Turpitt and the Board for their work.

 

RESOLVED:

 

  1. That the Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report be noted prior to it being published.

 

  1. That the next steps for the publication of the Annual report were agreed.

 

Reason for Decisions:

 

These decisions demonstrate that the Council is well placed to fulfil its obligations under the Care Act to have an established Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) in its area. It will support the SSAB to be transparent by providing information to the public on the performance of the Board in the delivery of its strategic plan.

 

The decision was unanimous.