Safeguarding Adult Reviews
A Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) takes place following the death or serious injury of an adult as a result of harm, abuse or neglect. The review looks at whether partner agencies could have worked more effectively to protect the adult.
Under the Care and Support Guidance (Department of Health, Care & Support Statutory Guidance, issued under the Care Act 2014), a Safeguarding Adults Board must conduct a review. The board will decide what review process will promote effective learning and improvement to prevent future deaths or serious harm occurring again.
Overview reports are published for a period of 12 months. Requests for reports that are "no longer published" should be requested from us by email or in writing.
Learning briefs will remain published to support improvements in practice.
Multi Agency Reflective Reviews
The purpose of a Multi Agency Reflective Review (MARR) is to seek assurance and expedite learning, exchange knowledge using a collaborative approach, building on actions from previous SARs and identifying further actions required on a multi-agency level.
A MARR will be considered when the:
- Consideration panel agree a referral has met/or not met the criteria for a SAR, and learning is identified;
- A SAR has previously been undertaken which identified similar learning; and/or
- Timeframe covers a very short period of time.
Learning from any MARRs undertaken will be published here.