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Form and function: views from members of adult protection committees in England and Wales

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Vincent
Date11 December 2009
Published date11 December 2009
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200900025
Pages20-29
AuthorDavid Reid,Bridget Penhale,Jill Manthorpe,Neil Perkins,Lisa Pinkney,Shereen Hussein
Subject MatterHealth & social care,Sociology
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Research paper
Introduction
The importance of developing systems of protection for
vulnerable adults was highlighted by government guidance
documents, No Secrets (Department of Health, 2000) in
England and In Safe Hands (National Assembly of Wales,
2000) in Wales. These provided the first broad guidance
on the configuration of policies and procedures. The process
of implementation has been widely reported (Sumner,
2002; Filinson, 2007; McCreadie et al, 2008) as steady, if
locally variable.
Following this guidance, central government policy in the
areas of criminal justice (Home Office, 2000; 2002) and social
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key words
!DULTPROTECTIONMULTI
AGENCYWORKINGADULTPROTECTION
COMMITTEESADULTABUSE
abstract
,ITTLEISKNOWNABOUTTHE
RELATIONSHIPBETWEENORGANISATIONS
CHARGEDWITHTHEPROTECTIONOF
VULNERABLEADULTSIN%NGLANDAND
7ALES4HISPAPERINVESTIGATES
ADULTPROTECTIONINTERAGENCY
relationships in the context of an
adult protection framework that
GAVELOCALAUTHORITIESTHELEADROLE
ANDCHARGEDOTHERAGENCIESWITH
WORKINGINPARTNERSHIPWITHTHEM
The data reported are from focus
GROUPSUNDERTAKENWITHMEMBERS
OF!DULT0ROTECTION#OMMITTEES
!0#SFROM%NGLANDAND7ALES
DURINGn4HE!0#SWERE
SELECTEDUSINGASTRATIlEDSAMPLING
frame and 271 professionals
PARTICIPATED!NALYSISREVEALEDTHAT
PARTICIPATIONINTHELOCALSTRATEGIC
DECISIONMAKINGSETTINGOFTHE!0#
WASINmUENCEDBYTHELOCALHISTORY
OFPARTNERSHIPWORKINGINFORMATION
SHARINGAFFECTIVERELATIONSHIPS
UNDERSTANDINGOFRESPECTIVEROLES
ANDASHAREDACKNOWLEDGEMENTOF
the importance of adult protection.
4HEIMPLICATIONSOFTHESElNDINGS
AREDISCUSSEDINTHELIGHTOF
GOVERNMENTREVIEWSOFLOCAL
discretion around adult protection
systems.

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