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“The NHS has an important role to play both in identifying and reporting abuse and in ensuring that vulnerable adults are safeguarded when accessing healthcare.  It is imperative that the NHS builds on the present arrangements so that staff generally are trained and confident in protecting adults who may be vulnerable.”

Peter Higson, Chief Executive of Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW), March 2010

This one day conference Chaired by Bridget Penhale Editor Journal of Adult Protection and Reader in Gerontology School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Sheffield focusing on Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults is an opportunity to hear practical advice from leading healthcare professional on strengthening the safeguarding framework and implementing ‘No Secrets’. Lucy Bonnerjea Policy Lead  No Secrets Review Department of Health opens the conference with a presentation on  empowerment and the consultation on the Review of ‘No Secrets’, involving and empowerment, measuring and monitoring the outcomes and demonstrating improvement.

Topics include:

• The future of Vulnerable Adults under the new coalition government
• Challenges and possibilities in improving and measuring the outcomes of safeguarding practice: an update from the review of ‘In Safe Hands: Implementing Adult Protection’
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the law
• Serious incidents and concerns: working in partnership with the police
• Improving quality to protect Vulnerable Adults
• Empowerment in safeguarding: our experiences in Hampshire  
• Safeguarding in hospitals: ensuring standards at ward level are maintained
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults: establishing a risk assessment panel
• Safeguarding within the complaints process: managing complaints that involve Vulnerable Adults

Chair and speakers include:

·         Julia Magill Visiting Senior Fellow Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, University of Glamorgan

·         David Hewitt Partner Healthcare Weightmans LLP

·         Jane Selvage Strategic Safeguarding Adults Manager Hampshire County Council

Related links...

·         Department of Health: Safeguarding Adults: A Consultation on the Review of the ‘No Secrets’ Guidance

·         Health Inspectors Wales: In Safe Hands: Implementing Adult Protection Procedures in Wales

This conference is recognised by the IHM, endorsed by the ADASS and CPD accredited by the Royal College of Physicians, London

For more information please contact Keren Roberts on 020 8541 1399 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it