Agenda item

Report of the Safeguarding Adults Board Independent Chair (Moira Wilson)

The Safeguarding Adults Board Independent Chair submitted a report requesting Cabinet to note the publication of the Local Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report 2020/2021, outlining its work and of its members to carry out and deliver the objectives of the strategic plan. The contents of the report should be considered in relation to planning, commissioning and budget setting. The annual report demonstrated that the LSAB:

·         listened and responded to the voices of adults with care and support needs, and adults with the lived experience;

·         was effective in providing help and protection to adults with care and support needs;

·         effectively met statutory obligations;

·         benefitted from strong and consistent leadership, and

·         had made good progress on delivering the strategic objectives laid out within the strategic plan

Director: Adults and Health who co-presented the report stated that the Annual Report had also been distributed through relevant governance routes across safeguarding partner organisations including the local Police and Crime Commissioner, Chief Constable, chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board, Healthwatch and other members of the Board.

Helen Rose, Safeguarding Adults Board Manager on behalf of the Independent Chair of the Board, Moira Wilson (who was unable to attend the meeting) introduced and summarised the annual report. The annual report was attached as an appendix. She explained that the LSAB has a statutory requirement to publish an annual report, which offered assurance that local safeguarding arrangements and partnerships helped and protected adults with care and support needs in its area. The annual report detailed the work of the LSAB during the year to achieve its main objectives, and deliver the strategic plan priorities, as well as detailing the findings of any Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) that may have been undertaken. Key achievements and future priorities were also summarised. The 2020/21 annual report had been approved by the Safeguarding Adults Board and would be published on its website. 

Members commented on the contents of the annual report and thanked everyone involved for their work. The Leader/chair also informed Cabinet that Moira Wilson was stepping down as Independent Chair of the local Safeguarding Adults Board and on behalf the cabinet, and all members and officers of North Lincolnshire Council thanked her for her hard work over the years.

Resolved – (a) That Helen Rose be thanked for attending the meeting and summarising key aspects of the annual report; (b) that the LSAB Annual Report for 2020/2021 be received and it be considered where relevant in relation to planning, commissioning and budget setting processes; (c) that submission of the report to the following –

•   Leader and Chief Executive of North Lincolnshire Council

•   Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable of Humberside Police

•   Healthwatch

via board members to consider the contents of the report and how they can improve their contributions to both safeguarding throughout their own organisation and to the joint work of the board be noted, and (d) that Moira Wilson be thanked for all her hard work over the years as Independent Chair of the North Lincolnshire Safeguarding Adults Board.