Lancashire's Safeguarding Adults Board (LSAB) has a major role to play in ensuring that Lancashire's citizens who are at risk of harm are assisted to be safe and that all agencies contribute to the promotion of their welfare.
The LSAB is ultimately responsible for all safeguarding/adult protection activities in the County. It has a critical role in holding partners to account, monitoring outcomes and effectiveness, using data and intelligence to identify risks, act on these and to co-ordinate activity.
View the full Governance Arrangements here, and follow the links below to find out more about what we do.
In Autumn 2022, Safeguarding Partners commenced with a review of the Pan-Lancashire Children's and Adults safeguarding governance arrangements with the aim of improving the governance and front-line practice of local arrangements. As a result, the adult safeguarding Sub Groups changed to support a place-based model, which will have a greater focus on accountability and decision making at a local level.
The shift to place-based arrangements reflects a recognition of the unique needs and dynamics present in distinct geographical areas. By tailoring multi-agency safeguarding governance to specific localities, the aim is to enhance responsiveness and effectiveness in addressing the intricacies of safeguarding challenges within each area. This transition underscores a commitment to a more nuanced and contextually sensitive governance model, fostering a collaborative and targeted approach to safeguarding within individual communities.
From 01.01.2024 each new Safeguarding Partnership has reviewed their priorities to develop the governance structure and have developed their local strategy and workplans. Each partnership remains committed to maintaining and sharing learning on a Pan-Lancashire footprint and will continue to collaborate and work together as required.
Below is the governance structure of the LSAB and its subgroups. Further information and Terms of Reference for the Lancashire Safeguarding Adults Board.
Members
LSAB has a strategic role that is greater than the sum of the operational duties of the core partners. It oversees and leads adult safeguarding across the locality and takes an interest in a range of matters that contribute to the prevention of abuse and neglect. The LSAB will need intelligence on safeguarding in all providers of health and social care in its locality (not just those with whom its members commission or contract). It is important that Board partners feel able to challenge each other and other organisations where it believes that their actions or inactions are increasing or contributing to the risk of abuse or neglect. This will include commissioners, as well as providers of services.
The Board’s main focus will be on the welfare of those who are most vulnerable by nature of disability or ill health, for example:
- The safety of people who use community health services, hospitals and mental health services
- The safety of adults with care and support needs
- Effective and problem solving interventions with adults who self-neglect.
- The safety of local domiciliary care services and residential care settings commissioned by the local authority and the NHS
The LSAB Strategic Plan details how we will deliver on these aims.
The LSAB Prevention Strategy sets out the levels of support we look to achieve
The Lancashire Safeguarding Adults Board has dedicated sub-groups in place to drive and implement the priorities of the Board, and in addition there is a pan-Lancashire Sub Group to support learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews. Follow the links below to find out more about each group from the Terms of Reference.
Listening, Learning and Delivery Subgroup
Performance and Quality Assurance Subgroup
Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) Strategic Subgroup
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) provides the public with a general right of access to information held by public bodies, such as local government, the police and the health sector.
Lancashire Childrens Safeguarding Assurance Partnership (CSAP), Lancashire Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) and the Pan-Lancashire Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) are statutory partnerships, set up under the Children Act 2004 or the Care Act 2014. They are not public authorities for the purposes of the FOI Act and are therefore exempt from the duty to provide information under this legislation.
FOI request can be made directly to individual partner agencies of CSAP, SAB or CDOP e.g., local councils, NHS trusts, police forces etc who are deemed to be a public authority under the FOI. If these bodies hold partnership-related information for their own purposes, it may be disclosable under FOIA.
However, if a public authority holds information on behalf of the partnership (CSAP, SAB or CDOP) including minutes, documents, reports etc, it is not considered to be held by the authority for FOIA purposes, as they are holding this information on behalf of ‘another person’ (CSAP, SAB or CDOP) and therefore not subject to disclosure under FOIA.