Decision details

To endorse the Annual Report 2016/17 in relation to Safeguarding Adults within the Borough.

To note the Bracknell Forest Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board Annual Report 2016/17.

The Care Act 2014 states that each local authority Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board (SAPB) must publish an annual report detailing what the SAPB has done during the year to achieve its main objectives, and what each member organisation has done to implement the strategy as well as detailing the findings of any Safeguarding Adults Reviews (previously known as Serious Case Reviews) and subsequent action.

This report details the breadth of activity undertaken by Board members and identifies the achievements against the Boards development plan for the year.

During 2016/17 the Bracknell Forest and the Windsor and Maidenhead Safeguarding Adult Boards endorsed the proposal to merge and to create a new single Bracknell Forest and Windsor and Maidenhead SAB. The new board arrangements commenced on 1 July 2017.

The progress against the aims and objectives of the Board’s strategic plan are contained within the report.  In line with the requirements set out in the Care Act the new joint Board will continually develop the strategic objectives and consult/ take into account feedback from the public during the year.

Ensuring there is a local Safeguarding Adults Board and that the Board is effective is a statutory duty for the Council; as such it is important that the executive are sighted on the work of the Board.

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