Issue - meetings

Annual Report of the Devon Safeguarding Adults Board charting progress within Devon of national expectations and safeguarding activity, attached.

Ms Sian Walker, Independent Chair of the Devon Safeguarding Adults Board to attend the meeting.

Ms Sian Walker, Independent Chair of the Devon Safeguarding Adults Board, attended and spoke at the Committee to present the Board’s Annual Report.

The Board received the Annual Report of the Devon Safeguarding Adults Board charting progress within Devon of national expectations and safeguarding activity. This included the work of the Devon Safeguarding Adults Board sub groups, including the Operational Delivery Group, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Group, Safeguarding Adults Review Core Group, Learning and Improvement Group, Themed Workshops and also the launch of the Community Reference Group.

Furthermore, the report outlined the 2017-18 Business Priorities which included improving people’s experiences of safeguarding, promoting independence, awareness and application of MCA, protecting people from harm, awareness of self-neglect, reducing financial abuse and scams, support for families, reducing prevalence of modern slavery & human trafficking and the Prevent agenda.

The Report concluded with the key achievements that had been made with partner agencies including the Police, HM Prison, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall Community Rehabilitation Company, Probation, NHS and Ambulance etc.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.