Adult Safeguarding Professionals Survey
11 December 2023
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adult’s Partnership Board would like to give you the opportunity to share your thoughts and experiences surrounding your work in the
Mental Capacity Act Resources
10 July 2023
Our MCA page Mental Capacity Act | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Partnership Board (safeguardingcambspeterborough.org.uk) has been updated to include new resources. These include a briefing on
Hidden Phones – Managing Emergency Government Alerts
23 March 2023
The government is rolling out a new Emergency Alerts system. A test alert will be sent on Sunday 23 April 2023. The alerts will be
Welcome to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board website.
Safeguarding is preventing the physical, emotional, sexual, psychological and financial abuse of adults who have care and support needs, and acting quickly when abuse is suspected. It can also include neglect, domestic violence, modern slavery, organisational or discriminatory abuse.
The Care Act 2014 established the need to have Safeguarding Adult Boards in each local authority area. The Act confirmed that the three statutory safeguarding partners should be; Local Authority, Chief Officer of Police, and Clinical Commissioning Groups.
Safeguarding Adults Boards are responsible for coordinating and ensuring the effectiveness of what partners and relevant agencies, both statutory and non-statutory, does to help protect adults with care and support needs from abuse or neglect