Issue - meetings

Report RES 13161

Members considered an Information briefing on the 2012/13 Annual Report of the Bromley Safeguarding Board. The Report outlined the Board’s work to drive improvement in multi-agency action to safeguard vulnerable adults.

The Chairman asked how the new policing model would affect Adult Safeguarding. The Quality Assurance Manager from the Education and Care Services Department considered the rate of prosecutions in this area to be good. However, she suggested that there might now be further pressure on professionals within the police service who were previously able to specialise more in Adult Safeguarding. It could be expected that police professionals might now have to take a much broader approach.  

Commenting on the police role in Adult Safeguarding, the Deputy Borough Commander indicated that the Detective Inspector who is part of the Safeguarding Board would have more responsibility. Overall, she suggested there should be little difference in police input for Adult Safeguarding under the new Policing model.  

RESOLVED that information in the briefing and 2012/13 Annual Report of the Bromley Safeguarding Board be noted.