Protecting Adults From Abuse & Neglect

Under the Care Act 2014, your local authority has the lead role in relation to adult safeguarding.  It must:

• Make enquiries or, ensure others do so
• Establish whether any action needs to be taken to prevent or stop abuse or neglect and if so, by whom
• Set up a Safeguarding Adults Board
• Arrange, where appropriate for an   independent advocate

• Cooperate with each of it’s relevant partners.