PART 1

Care and support

Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse or neglect

Safeguarding adults reviews
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1
An SAB must arrange for there to be a review of a case involving an adult in its area with needs for care and support (whether or not the local authority has been meeting any of those needs) if—
a
there is reasonable cause for concern about how the SAB, members of it or other persons with relevant functions worked together to safeguard the adult, and
b
condition 1 or 2 is met.
2
Condition 1 is met if—
a
the adult has died, and
b
the SAB knows or suspects that the death resulted from abuse or neglect (whether or not it knew about or suspected the abuse or neglect before the adult died).
3
Condition 2 is met if—
a
the adult is still alive, and
b
the SAB knows or suspects that the adult has experienced serious abuse or neglect.
4
An SAB may arrange for there to be a review of any other case involving an adult in its area with needs for care and support (whether or not the local authority has been meeting any of those needs).
5
Each member of the SAB must co-operate in and contribute to the carrying out of a review under this section with a view to—
a
identifying the lessons to be learnt from the adult’s case, and
b
applying those lessons to future cases.