Please visit our dedicated family, friends, and carers webpage if you are concerned about the safety or wellbeing of an adult with care and support needs, or if you would just like to know more about adult safeguarding and the work of the Safeguarding Adults Board.
Background and introduction In October 2025, the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary published a prevention of future death report in relation to Imogen Nunn (known as Immy) . This report highlighted the lack of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters available to support deaf patients in the communit...
This January the Board Support Team are taking part in the Turning Tides 11 in January challenge; a challenge designed to shine a light on the daily reality faced by people experiencing homelessness. Turning Tides say that a person who is rough sleeping walks an average of 11 miles every day searc...
Last year we launched our learning pathway, designed to take you on a journey through our key adult safeguarding learning resources. Alongside the pathway, we also launched our learning pathway workbook. Knowing that not everybody has the same learning style, we wanted to trial printed versions of...
What is vicarious trauma? You’ve probably heard the term ‘vicarious trauma’ in the course of your work, either during continual professional development training, supervisions, or maybe even in our 2023 Safeguarding Adults Week bulletin on the subject. But, what does it really mean? The British Me...
If there's one thing we learned from 2025, it's that we've got a lot to say. So this year, we're doing things a little differently. You might have noticed that throughout 2025 we circulated a number of special edition newsletters, exploring key safeguarding topics and featuring subject experts fro...
In June 2025 we published our Provider Learning Review . This review followed a large-scale investigation into concerns of neglect and organisational abuse in a large provider of nursing and residential care in West Sussex, which is no longer in operation. We asked our reviewer to look at the resp...
The West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board is comprised of the following statutory partners: West Sussex County Council (WSCC) NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board Sussex Police To fulfil its role, Safeguarding Adults Boards are expected to involve a much wider range of organisations and in...
If you are concerned about an adult with care and support needs, who is experiencing, or at risk of, abuse or neglect, the best way to report your concerns is to make a safeguarding referral using the online safeguarding referral form on the West Sussex County Council website. If you would like to...
All organisations providing community care and support services in West Sussex are committed to providing high-quality services. If you think someone who lives in a care home or uses a domiciliary agency is at risk of harm, please make a safeguarding referral using the online safeguarding referral...
Join us this Safeguarding Adults Week Take five with your preferred cuppa to catch-up each day on our Safeguarding Adults Week blog posts. From 16-20 November 2026 we’ll be sharing a daily 5-minute blog post linked to each of the Ann Craft Trust daily themes: Listening and person-centred conversat...
