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How we safeguard patients
The Trust works in partnership with other health and social
care agencies to prevent harm, and support individuals and
communities with additional needs or who have difficulties
accessing healthcare including those with learning difficulties or
disabilities.
The Trust has policies and procedures for safeguarding
vulnerable children and adults and strives to continuously
improve its support for vulnerable people.
SECAmb is committed to safeguarding the
wellbeing of children and adults at risk of abuse and sets out how
it will achieve this in its Safeguarding Strategy which can be
located in our document
library.
All polices and procedural documents are
reviewed regularly, however the safeguarding referrals procedure is
currently under review and is ‘out of date’ as a result of the
ongoing review. This is due to the recent re-publication of Working
Together to Safeguard Children, the Adult Intercollegiate Document
and the pending re-publication of the Child Intercollegiate
document to ensure that documentation reflects the most up to date
guidelines.
Adults
Safeguarding adults’ procedures relate to
the multi-agency response in respect of a person aged 18 years or
over:
The Care Act is a large and far reaching
piece of legislation and safeguarding changes form part of the new
legal requirements. Several safeguarding changes have been brought
about with the implementation of the Care Act (2014) which came
into force on 1st April 2015
(the Care Act 2014)
Children
Where the term child, children or young
person is stated, this relates to a person who has not yet reached
their 18th birthday.
(Children Act 1989, 2004).
Our legislative responsibilities to
safeguard children and young people, requires us to be vigilant and
responsive, every time we engage with service users and
families.
Guidance is provided by the document;
Working Together to Safeguard Children (DCSF, 2010), which defines
safeguarding as:
“The process of protecting children from
abuse or neglect, preventing impairment of their health and
development, and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances
consistent with the provision of safe and effective care that
enables children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood
successfully.”
View our
safeguarding policy
View our
annual safeguarding report for 2017-18
The Trust's Safeguarding Lead is Jane Mitchell and she can be
contacted on:
Direct line: 0300 123 9195
Secure (external) email: secamb.safeguarding@nhs.net
Email: Safeguarding@secamb.nhs.uk
or by post to:
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS
Foundation Trust
Crawley HQ & EOC
Nexus House,
4 Gatwick Road,
Crawley RH10 9BG
If you have concerns about someone in your
community then you can make a referral directly to your local
authority.
BRIGHTON & HOVE
Brighton and Hove City Council Adult Services.
Phone: (01273) 295555
Brighton and Hove City Council Children’s Services
Phone: (01273) 295920
EAST SUSSEX
Safeguarding Adults in East Sussex
Phone: 0345 60 80 191 or out of hours - 01323 636399
Safeguarding Children in East Sussex
Phone: 01323 464222 or out of hours - 01273 335905/6
WEST SUSSEX
West Sussex Adult Services
Phone: 01243 642121
West Sussex Children’s Services
Phone: 01403 229900 or out of hours – 0330 22 26 664
HAMPSHIRE
Hampshire Adult
Services
Phone: 0300 555 1386
Hampshire Children’s Services
Phone: 0300 555 1384 or out of hours 0300 555 1373
KENT
Kent
Adult Services
Phone: 03000 41 61 61 or out of hours - 03000 41 91 91
Kent
Children’s Services
Phone: 03000 41 41 41 or out of hours - 03000 41 91 91
MEDWAY
Medway Adult Services
Phone: 01634 33 44 66 or out of hours - 03000 41 91 91
Medway Children’s Services
Phone: 01634 33 44 66 our out of hours – 03000 41 91 91
SURREY
Surrey Adult Services
Phone: 0300 470 9100 or out of hours - 01483 517898
Surrey Children’s Services
Phone: 0300 470 9100 or out of hours - 01483 517898
NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Age UK
for help and advice about money matters, health and wellbeing,
travel and lifestyle, home and care.
MENCAP
information and advice for families and professionals working or
living with someone with a learning disability.
Action on Elder Abuse
(AEA)
working to protect and prevent the abuse of vulnerable older
adults. The only charity in the UK and in Ireland working
exclusively on the issue today.
NSPCC
working to end child cruelty across the UK.
Barnardo’s
working to transform the lives of vulnerable children and young
people
The Silver
Line
is the only free confidential helpline providing information,
friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every
day of the year. Call anytime on: 0800 4 70 80 90.
Page last updated 03/01/19
