The government last week announced plans to make multi-agency adult safeguarding boards mandatory by putting them on a statutory footing. The move, which is designed to strengthen local safeguarding ...

Almost 500 vulnerable adults are awaiting assessment from the HSE's safeguarding and protection team, it has emerged. The HSE has confirmed a backlog across parts of Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow means ...

Earlier this month the Office for National Statistics reported that there were an estimated 726 deaths of homeless people in England and Wales in 2018 (a 22% increase on 2017). While the mean age at ...

England Hockey is committed to creating and maintaining a safe and positive environment and accepts the responsibility to safeguard the welfare of all adults involved in hockey. Like with young people ...

Warrington Council's adult social care services have been rated as requiring improvement by inspectors, with concerns raised around its "complex" safeguarding processes. The Care Quality Commission ...

Almost 500 vulnerable adults are awaiting assessment from the HSE's safeguarding and protection team, it has emerged. The HSE has confirmed a backlog across parts of Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow means ...

Opportunities were missed to protect a homeless man who died despite being known by councils, police and hospital workers, a review has concluded. The Safeguarding Adult Review was commissioned ...