We are committed to ensuring that all our patients, including children and young people, are cared for in a safe and secure environment.

Worried an adult is being abused? Advice and support available.

Worried a child is being abused? Advice and support available and 0808 800 5000 – children can also contact Childline 0800 1111

Understand what domestic abuse is and getting the help available. Advice and support available.

Understand modern slavery exploitation. Advice and support available 

Other useful links

As required by the Care Quality Commission we have made a declaration of our arrangements in relation to safeguarding children and young people. View here.

Safeguarding adults

We have a duty as an NHS Trust to protect adults (18 years and above) from risk, abuse or neglect in line with the 2014 Care Act.
We do this by:

  • having appropriate policies and procedures to cover adult safeguarding and associated issues, such as the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
  • having identified individuals within the Trust with appropriate expertise to support and advise on adult safeguarding matters, a designated executive director with responsibility for safeguarding and a designated adult safeguarding manager
  • providing basic safeguarding training to all staff in the organisation and more advanced training to those staff expected to act on safeguarding concerns
  • providing regular reports on safeguarding to the Trust board

Prevent

Prevent is a component of the government’s counter terrorism strategy and focuses on stopping people from becoming terrorists. In the NHS, Prevent is aligned with adult safeguarding.

The Trust has a Prevent policy, identified Trust leads, and delivers training as part of adult safeguarding training. Additional training is provided for staff expected to act on Prevent concerns.