People Scrutiny Committee	15 April 2026
Report of the Independent Chair of City of York Safeguarding Adults Board

City Of York Safeguarding Adults Safeguarding Board Annual Report 2024/25

Summary

1. The Annual Report discusses the work of the members of the City of York Safeguarding Adults Board to carry out and deliver the objectives of the strategic plan during 2024/25. The Annual Report is at Annex A to this cover report. The Strategic Plan sets out the priorities for 2025-28 and is at Annex B, with a summary plan on a page at Annex C.

Background

2. The City of York Safeguarding Adults Board (CYSAB) is a statutory and multi-agency partnership that leads the strategic development of safeguarding adults work across York. As specified in the Care Act, the CYSAB includes three core statutory members, that is, the City of York Council, NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, and North Yorkshire Police Authority. Our membership is also made up of nominated lead representatives from a wide range of non-core partner agencies, who actively contribute to the work of the Board.

The CYSAB has three core duties, in accordance with the Care Act 2014:

· Develop and publish a strategic plan setting out how we will meet our objectives and how our member and partner agencies will contribute

· Publish an annual report detailing how effective our work has been

· Commission Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) for any cases which meet the SAR criteria.

Consultation

3. These reports were developed in conjunction with all partners represented on the City of York Safeguarding Adults Board.

Options    

4. A detailed report is at Annex A to this report and contains a number of themed sections including information about the City of York Safeguarding Adults Board; what the CYSAB has recently achieved.  A detailed report is at Annex B which illustrates the strategic priorities for 2025-28 and this is further summary report is at Annex C.

Analysis

5. Whilst there are no specific options for the Board to consider People’s Scrutiny members are asked to:

· Note the contents of the annual report 2024/25

· Consider how they can contribute to the joint work of the Board and note strategic plans which started in 2025 and how they can be supported. Three Themes for CYSAB Strategic plan 2025-28 include:

Ø Prevention, Awareness and engagement

Ø Learning, reflection and practice improvement

Ø Strengthening multi-agency safeguarding responses

Part 1: Adults at risk of exploitation

Part 2: Adults at risk of self-neglect and hoarding

Part 3: Rough Sleeping, Homelessness

Council Plan

6. Safeguarding adults at risk of harm or abuse is a fundamentally important issue throughout the Council’s Plan.

7. Implications

· Financial: There are no direct financial implications arising from this report. Funding for the Safeguarding Adults Board is provided by the three core statutory members, that is, the City of York Council, NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, and North Yorkshire Police Authority.

· Human Resources (HR) No Human resources implications

· Equalities In compliance with existing policies 

· Legal: The report highlights the strategic direction of the Safeguarding Board and its partners. It is in line with the duties and responsibilities set out in the Care Act 2014. There is a statutory duty for the Safeguarding Board to produce an annual report setting out the work of the Board to improve the outcomes for adults at risk of abuse.

· Crime and Disorder:

· Information Technology (IT): City of York web services support the hosting of the CYSAB website, and the communications team have provided the design work for the annual report and will also be doing the design work for the new strategy.

· Property: no property implications

Risk Management

8. Safeguarding Board is required to produce an annual report and would be in breach of the legislative requirement if it failed to do so.

Recommendations

9.      People Scrutiny members are asked to:

· Note the contents of the annual report 2024/25 and,

· Consider how they can contribute to the joint work of the Board and note strategic plans for 2025 onwards and how they can be supported. Three Themes for CYSAB Strategic plan 2025-28 include:

Ø Prevention, Awareness and engagement

Ø Learning, reflection and practice improvement

Ø Strengthening multi-agency safeguarding responses

Part 1: Adults at risk of exploitation

Part 2: Adults at risk of self-neglect and hoarding

Part 3: Rough Sleeping, Homelessness

Reason: To keep the People Scrutiny Committee informed of the

work of the CYSAB.

Contact Details

Report Authors: Catherine Law Safeguarding Adults Board Business Manager City of York Safeguarding Adults Board 07394844345 Jane Timson Independent Chair of the City of York Safeguarding Adults Board	Chief Officer Responsible for the report: Michael Melvin, Assistant Director of Adults Safeguarding City of York, Adult Social Care, Assessment and Safeguarding 077836380774
Report Approved	ü	Date	1 April 2026
Michael Melvin Assistant Director of Adults Safeguarding
Report Approved	ü	Date	1 April 2026
Jane Timson Independent Chair of the City of York Safeguarding Adults Board
Wards Affected:  List wards or tick box to indicate all					All	ü
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Background Papers:

None.

Annexes

Annex A: Annual Report of the City of York Safeguarding Adults Board, 2024-2025

Annex B: Strategic Plan, 2025-2028

Annex C: CYSAB plan on a page 2025-2026

Annex D: CYSAB Annual Report 2024/25 and 2025/28 Strategy Presentation