Issue - meetings

Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report

Meeting: 29/10/2007 - Executive Member for Housing and Adult Social Services Advisory Panel (Item 35)

35 North Yorkshire and York Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board (former Adult Protection Committee) Annual Report PDF 45 KB

This report informs Members of the work of the Safeguarding Adults Board for City of York and North Yorkshire (which has superseded the Adult Protection Committee), as set out in the Board’s annual report.

Additional documents:

Annex 1 Safeguarding Adults Annual Report, item 35 PDF 127 KB

Decision:

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Members for Housing and Adult Social Services be advised to:

· Comment on the work of the Safeguarding adults Board and the issues highlighted in this report.

Decision of the Executive Members for Housing and Adult Social Services

RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON: To improve the Council’s response to vulnerable people affected by abuse.

Minutes:

Members considered an information report regarding the work of the Safeguarding Adults Board (which had superseded the Adult Protection Committee) for City of York and North Yorkshire.

There had been an increase in cases of abuse to adults reported to the Council in the past year and this may be due to an increase in awareness rather than an increase in the number of adults being abused. The number of investigated cases had risen from 58 in 2005/6 to 70 in 2006/7. The Director of Housing and Adult Social Services reported that public concerns had been raised by some serious cases relating to care homes in other parts of the country. The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services have suggested to the Government that the legal framework to protect adults needed to be strengthened.

Members discussed reasons why people did not report cases of abuse. For instance; the situation where a carer was causing the abuse. It was noted that in this situation a person may feel vulnerable and concerned about there being a detrimental effect on their future care if the carer were to be reported.