Title: Health care and adult safeguarding: an audit informing the relationship of the UK vetting and barring scheme with the NHS
Abstract: Purpose – The paper seeks to report on an audit undertaken in 2010 to support implementation of the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) processes by National Health Service (NHS) Trusts. The ISA was set up under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (SVGA) 2006. Concern has been expressed that some NHS employers are not familiar with their new obligations to consider making referrals to the ISA.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-10-10
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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