Safeguarding Adults Reviews and guidance.

Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR)

A Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) is statutory process conducted by Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) to investigate and learn from cases where an adult with care and support needs has experienced abuse or neglect, and there is concern about how agencies worked together to protect them.

The partnership has a legal duty to carry out a Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) when there is reasonable cause for concern about how agencies worked together to safeguard an adult who has died, and abuse or neglect is suspected to be a factor in their death, or if the adult is still alive and the SAB knows or suspects that the adult experienced serious abuse or neglect.

The aim of a SAR is for all agencies to learn lessons about the way they safeguard adults at risk and prevent such tragedies happening in the future. They will make sure that partners get the full picture of what needs to improve and also what went well, so that all organisations involved can learn.

Safeguarding Adults Review Panel (SARP)

All agencies represented on the Safeguarding Adult Review Panel (SARP) have a responsibility to disseminate learning in their organisation to ensure practice improvement.

The SARP reviews the impact of learning from very Safeguarding Adult Review 6 months and one year following completion.

All learning informs the multi-agency learning and development programme and also priority setting for the safeguarding partnership strategic plan.

Use this form if you feel a case should be considered by the Safeguarding Adults review group. Always consult with your organisations representative on the group before doing so.

Scoping report template is used when providing information to the group about a case, for consideration for review.

Guidance on scoping reports: provides information on how to complete the template above.

Decision making template used for meetings to decide on whether a case meets the criteria for a formal Safeguarding Adult Review.

Safeguarding Adults Reviews and Briefing Notes produced by Slough Safeguarding Partners and by neighbouring authorities are published below:

Year of Publication	Name	SAR	Learning Brief	Additional information
2023 - June	David	David SAR	David Briefing note	Fire Service advice for prevention of fires Slough Safeguarding Adults Partnership - Professionals area
2023 - July	Umar		Umar Briefing note	Slough Safeguarding Adults Partnership - Professionals area
2022 - September	Peter		Peter Briefing note	Slough Safeguarding Adults Partnership - Professionals area
2022 - April	Greta	SAR Greta	Greta Briefing note	Domestic Abuse
2022 - January	Mary	SAR Mary	Mary Briefing note	Self Neglect Executive Mental Capacity
2021 - July	Mr C		Mr C Briefing note	Slough Safeguarding Adults Partnership - Professionals area
2020 - March	Mr A	SAR Mr A	Mr A briefing sheet	Keep Safe (Pressure care)
2020 - March	Mr B	SAR Mr B	Mr B briefing sheet	Keep Safe

See the Safer Slough Partnership web pages for Domestic Homicide Reviews.

Practice Note: Learning from reviews

Efficient information sharing does not always result in effective communication. See the briefing note below to find out more about why.

Efficient Information Sharing is not the same as effective communication

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Safeguarding Adult Reviews from neighbouring authorities in Berkshire

http://www.sabberkshirewest.co.uk/practitioners/safeguarding-adults-reviews/

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SARP TOR September 2023

Guidance on Safeguarding Reviews

Very often, Safeguarding Adult Reviews are conducting at the same time as other processes, such as criminal investigations and the Coroner's inquest.

Click on this link for the National guidance on the SAR and Coronial processes October 24

Safeguarding Adults Reviews and guidance.

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