Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, People, on the recent resignation of the independent Chair of the Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB). 

 The Board was advised that The Care Act 2014 required each local authority area to establish a SAB, the main objective of which was to assure itself that local safeguarding arrangements and partners acted to help protect adults in its area. The SAB provided an oversight on all health and social care services in its locality.

It was reported that the appointment of a Chair was made by the local authority in consultation with other statutory SAB members. The report set out the functions of the role, and that it was for the local authority to consider the appointment of an independent person, although it was noted that this was not a requirement of The Care Act.

RESOLVED: That Executive Board agree the preferred option as set out in paragraph 5.3 of the report.