SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Safeguarding Adults Boards
Membership, etc.
1
1
The members of an SAB are—
a
the local authority which established it,
b
a clinical commissioning group the whole or part of whose area is in the local authority's area,
c
the chief officer of police for a police area the whole or part of which is in the local authority's area, and
d
such persons, or persons of such description, as may be specified in regulations.
2
The membership of an SAB may also include such other persons as the local authority which established it, having consulted the other members listed in sub-paragraph (1), considers appropriate.
3
A local authority, having consulted the other members of its SAB, must appoint as the chair a person whom the authority considers to have the required skills and experience.
4
Each member of an SAB must appoint a person to represent it on the SAB; and the representative must be a person whom the member considers to have the required skills and experience.
5
Where more than one clinical commissioning group or more than one chief officer of police comes within sub-paragraph (1), a person may represent more than one of the clinical commissioning groups or chief officers of police.
6
The members of an SAB (other than the local authority which established it) must, in acting as such, have regard to such guidance as the Secretary of State may issue.
7
Guidance for the local authority on acting as a member of the SAB is to be included in the guidance issued for the purposes of section 78(1).
8
An SAB may regulate its own procedure.
Funding and other resources
2
1
A member of an SAB listed in paragraph 1(1) may make payments towards expenditure incurred by, or for purposes connected with, the SAB—
a
by making the payments directly, or
b
by contributing to a fund out of which the payments may be made.
2
A member of an SAB listed in paragraph 1(1) may provide staff, goods, services, accommodation or other resources for purposes connected with the SAB.
Strategic plan
3
1
An SAB must publish for each financial year a plan (its “strategic plan”) which sets out—
a
its strategy for achieving its objective (see section 43), and
b
what each member is to do to implement that strategy.
2
In preparing its strategic plan, the SAB must—
a
consult the Local Healthwatch organisation for its area, and
b
involve the community in its area.
3
In this paragraph and paragraph 4, “financial year”, in relation to an SAB, includes the period—
a
beginning with the day on which the SAB is established, and
b
ending with the following 31 March or, if the period ending with that date is 3 months or less, ending with the 31 March following that date.
Annual report
4
1
As soon as is feasible after the end of each financial year, an SAB must publish a report on—
a
what it has done during that year to achieve its objective,
b
what it has done during that year to implement its strategy,
c
what each member has done during that year to implement the strategy,
d
the findings of the reviews arranged by it under section 44 (safeguarding adults reviews) which have concluded in that year (whether or not they began in that year),
e
the reviews arranged by it under that section which are ongoing at the end of that year (whether or not they began in that year),
f
what it has done during that year to implement the findings of reviews arranged by it under that section, and
g
where it decides during that year not to implement a finding of a review arranged by it under that section, the reasons for its decision.
2
The SAB must send a copy of the report to—
a
the chief executive and the leader of the local authority which established the SAB,
b
the local policing body the whole or part of whose area is in the local authority's area,
c
the Local Healthwatch organisation for the local authority's area, and
d
the chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board for that area.
3
“Local policing body” has the meaning given by section 101 of the Police Act 1996.