“I started in A&E at an acute setting as a nurse, then went into care homes which is where the passion for this came from” Naomi Ellis. She noticed that safeguarding was becoming a problem across the ...

By Laura Pritchard-Jones. Covid-19, and the response to the pandemic, has presented extraordinary challenges to the care sector. New research funded by the Health Foundation and led by researchers at ...

This guideline covers keeping adults in care homes safe from abuse and neglect. It includes potential indicators of abuse and neglect by individuals or organisations, and covers the safeguarding ...

The family safeguarding model, pioneered by Hertfordshire County Council from 2014, is one of the big success stories of social work in England in recent years. The model involves teams of children’s ...

A raft of recommendations has been made following the death of a Somerset woman who suffered domestic abuse, writes Phil Hill.

This guideline covers advocacy for people using health and social care services in all adult settings (including young people under 18 using adult services). It describes how to commission and deliver ...

March 23, 2022. In an open letter released on March 23, 2022, organized by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, the head of the American Public Health Association, the International Council ...

A nurse’s project to improve safeguarding in adult social care has been rolled out across the South of England – and she hopes it can be adopted nationally. Naomi Ellis, director of safeguarding and ...