Report No. 183/2018 was received from the Independent Chairman of the Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Adults Board (LRSAB).

Mr Robert Lake, Independent Chair of the Leicestershire & Rutland Local Safeguarding Children Board, introduced the report the purpose of which was to advise Cabinet of the key findings of the Annual Report 2017/18 for the Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Adults Board (LRSAB). Any comments or proposed additions and amendments would be addressed in the final report before it was presented to the LRSAB at its meeting on 25 October 2018 and subsequently published.

During discussions the following points were raised:

      i.        Mr Brown noted that while Financial Abuse was mentioned within the report there was no mention of ways to deal with the issue. Mr Lake confirmed the information would be incorporated within the report next week.

    ii.        It was noted that the report needed to be clear that Rutland was getting good results, rather than not mentioning the Council.

   iii.        The report was still in the drafting stage and would be published after consultation from all bodies involved.

DECISION

1.    Cabinet NOTED the draft Annual Report and made comments for amendment to be considered by the Independent Chair of the Safeguarding Adults Board.

Reason for the decision

The Safeguarding Adults Board has produced its Annual Report for 2017-18 assessing and analyzing the activity and performance of the Board and partner agencies regarding safeguarding adults with care and support needs. This Annual Report was presented to Cabinet for their information and input.