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Wales' safeguarding policy and practice
— a critical analysis | | Author(s) | Carys Phillips |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 18, no 1, 2016 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2016 |
| Pages | pp 14-27 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/jap.htm |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Physical disabilities ; Cognitive impairment ; Protection [vulnerable adults] ; Social policy ; Failure ; Wales. |
| Annotation | The safeguarding and protection components of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 offers the culmination of four years' consultation by the Law Commission and many years of evolving policy and practice with a view to protecting adults from harm. The purpose of this paper was to offer both scrutiny and challenge for Wales's policymakers and practitioners alike. The author argues that Wales has failed to implement previous recommendations in relation to institutional abuse. Currently in Wales, there are individuals employed in safeguarding lead roles who have no social care qualification. This apparent `loophole' has not to date been highlighted by either of the regulatory bodies within Wales (CSSIW/CCfW). However the Williams Review in April 2014 is set to change the local authority landscape in Wales, and there is scope for developing the function of adult safeguarding. Wales's failure to recognise institutional abuse as a distinct category may have impacted on its ability to respond to abuse in nursing and care as well as hospital settings. This failure is not the only safeguarding anomaly within Wales's arrangements for protecting those who are at risk of abuse. The paper goes on to describe gaps in the NHS and professional accountability. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160205211 A |
| Classmark | QNT: BN: E4: CA3G: TM2: 5HP: 9 |
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