Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Independent Chair of the Durham Local Safeguarding Adults Board (LSAB), which presented the Annual Report 2018/2019 (for copy see file of minutes).

The SAB Business Manager highlighted the work carried out with service users, Healthwatch and the Safeguarding Partnership.  She informed the board that 30,000 members of staff had now accessed training in respect to safeguarding and 80 organisations had accessed information at shared events. She advised that there was now wider membership with the inclusion of the Probation and Prison Services and further links to Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation Company with a focus on the service user and looking at drivers around sexual exploitation. 

The SAB Business Manager advised that they were keen to hear the voice of the practitioner, carry out audit activities and deep dives within the next year, together with strengthening arrangements with the advocacy provider.

Further to a question from the Chair the SAB Business Manager explained that Councillor Hovvels as Cabinet Portfolio holder was a board member, together with statutory partners including the Police, Probation and Prison Service, Fire Service, CCG, Community and Voluntary Sector and lay members.

The SAB Business Manager responded to a query from Councillor Temple about emerging issues and explained that the board were concentrating on areas such as financial abuse and  self neglect for people living in their own homes to reduce those levels of risk.  She added that physical abuse would always be the cause for the most concern.

Resolved:

That the annual report and achievements made in 2018/19 be noted.