Purpose The involvement of patients or members of the public within public health, health
and social care and addictions services is growing in the UK and internationally but is less …

Introduction This study explored the understanding of maltreatment from the perspective of
various personnel working in roles related to safeguarding and welfare in English …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an examination of the development of adult
safeguarding policy from the perspectives of both policymakers and those who have sought …

Developments in safeguarding policy and reforms to social work practice have been
influenced by high profile cases which have invariably highlighted deficiencies in protecting …

This article presents Scottish adult safeguarding as a case study to illuminate some
challenges of building knowledge for policy and practice based on service user and carer …

Introduction: This study explored the understanding of maltreatment from the perspective of
various personnel working in roles related to safeguarding and welfare in English …

Purpose The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (ASP Act) mandates public
bodies to investigate situations of harm and to support and protect adults at risk. One of the …

Purpose In 2014, the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland published its Safeguarding
National Policy and Procedures (HSE, 2014). Under this policy, all agencies providing …

Sociocultural constructions of the adult at risk prompt important theoretical and practical
implications for adult safeguarding. Reformulations of the meaning of practice with adults at …

This report summarises the evidence on 'what works' in involving people with lived
experience within public health, health and social care, and addictions services. It is a rapid …