Issue - meetings

The Board was presented with the Halton Safeguarding Adults Board (HSAB) Annual Report 2022-23.

It was noted that under the Care Act 2014, Safeguarding Adults Boards (SAB) were responsible for producing an Annual Report, setting out achievements of the SAB and highlighting priorities for the following year.

The HSAB Annual Report had been developed in conjunction with partners, to ensure the report encompassed a multi-agency approach.  The Annual Report included performance data and comparisons between years; achievements in the year and highlighted areas of good practice regarding safeguarding in the Borough.

The Annual Report would be published after approval and shared with HSAB’s member organisations through the SAB Board meetings.

In response to a question, it was commented that there was a 6% increase in the numbers of DoLS applications received last year.  Out of 894 received, 518 of these there were from women.  The fact that there were more older women in the Borough than men could be the reason for this, as well as the fact that some people were just not aware of the Policy, so did not apply.

RESOLVED:  That the Board

1)    note the report; and

2)    approve the Annual Report for publication.