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| The role of the general practice surgery in safeguarding adults | | Author(s) | Jeremy C Gibson |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 18, no 5, 2016 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2016 |
| Pages | pp 288-298 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/jap.htm |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Protection [vulnerable adults] ; General practitioners ; Derbyshire ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | In this study the authors firstly summarise arrangements expected from general practice (GP) surgeries to optimise their safeguarding adults role. Secondly, using case-based discussions, the authors present specific safeguarding pathways that they developed to help Derbyshire GPs respond appropriately to safeguarding adults concerns. Thirdly the authors present the Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Groups' (CCG) approach to seeking assurance from their GPs that they have effective arrangements in place for safeguarding adults. The authors based the paper on relevant current UK legislation and national guidance, the local approach to seeking assurance from GP surgeries. The authors then adjusted the pathways on the basis of feedback received from eight out of 103 Derbyshire GP safeguarding leads who responded to an e-mail containing draft pathways. Primary care staff are ideally placed to identify safeguarding adults issues and to act to protect those who are at risk of abuse or neglect. The authors are unaware of any other paper that did all of the following: summarises policies GP surgeries should implement regarding safeguarding adults; details core competencies required of GPs regarding safeguarding adults; presents how CCGs can seek assurance from GP surgeries regarding safeguarding adults; and presents straightforward pathways for specific safeguarding adults scenarios. In one paper, now published in the British Journal of General Practice, the authors presented a generic safeguarding adults pathway. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-161125207 A |
| Classmark | QNT: CA3G: QT6: 8D: 3A:6KC |
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