Safeguarding Adult Reviews
A Safeguarding Adult Review can help practitioners understand in greater depth whether there are any lessons that can be learnt to improve practice in the future.
The Care Act 2014 places a duty on Safeguarding Adult Boards to arrange a Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) when:
The case involves an adult with care and support needs (whether or not the local authority was meeting those needs).
There is reasonable cause for concern about how the safeguarding Adults Board, its members or organisations worked together to safeguard the adult.
AND
The adult died (including death by suicide) and the Safeguarding Adults Board knows/suspects this resulted from abuse or neglect (whether or not it knew about this before the adult died).
OR
The adult is still alive but the Safeguarding Adults Board knows or suspects they have experienced serious abuse or neglect, sustained potentially life threatening injury, serious sexual abuse or serious impairment of health or development as a result of abuse or neglect.
The Care Act 2014 places a duty on Safeguarding Adult Boards to arrange a Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) when:
The case involves an adult with care and support needs (whether or not the local authority was meeting those needs).
There is reasonable cause for concern about how the safeguarding Adults Board, its members or organisations worked together to safeguard the adult.
AND
The adult died (including death by suicide) and the Safeguarding Adults Board knows/suspects this resulted from abuse or neglect (whether or not it knew about this before the adult died).
OR
The adult is still alive but the Safeguarding Adults Board knows or suspects they have experienced serious abuse or neglect, sustained potentially life threatening injury, serious sexual abuse or serious impairment of health or development as a result of abuse or neglect.
What is a Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) Guidance
Read our in depth guidance to learn more about the process of SARs.
Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR): Information for Practitioners
Find out what SARs are and how we use them for Learning Events.
Our Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) SAR reports and learning briefs
We have conducted a number of SARs that provide some key learnings for practitioners.
Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) learning session recordings
CSAB deliver lunch and learn sessions to practitioners across the system on a range of topics.
Find out about forthcoming CSAB learning events for Practitioners
We hold lunch and learns for some of SARs.