A11 - Safeguarding Flashcards
What does safeguarding mean?
Protection of health, wellbeing and rights of individuals.
What are the key principles of Safeguarding?
- Empowerment
- Prevention
- Protection
- Accountability
- Partnership
- Proportionality
What does Empowerment mean?
To individual should be supported to make their own decisions based on possible information.
What does prevention mean?
Better to take action before harm occurs
What does proportionality mean?
Actions should be proportionate to the risk, being overprotective can disadvantage service users to be able to make their own decisions
What does protection mean?
Service users who are in greatest need of support and protection.
What does partnership mean?
Working with a range of professionals, groups and communities to prevent, detect and report neglect or abuse.
What does accountability mean?
Healthcare professionals needs to be accountable for any activities in relation to safeguarding.
Why is Safeguarding important?
Important for protection from harm, abuse or neglect.
What legislation support safeguarding?
- Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Care Act 2014
- Health and Social Care Act 2012
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
- NICE Guidance and quality standards
- NHS England guide
What factors can contribute to abuse?
- Age
- Individuals with health issues
- Being physically dependant on others
- Lack of mental capacity
- Previous history of abuse
- Social isolation
Give examples of vulnerable groups
- Children and elderly/people
- Adults receiving care in their homes
- Individuals with physical, mental or sensory impairments
- Individuals with learning disabilities
- Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities (BAME)
Give examples of types of abuse
- Physical
- Modern day slavery
- Sexual
- Emotional
- Coercion/control
- Organisational/institutional
What are the possible physical signs of abuse or harm?
- Bruising
- Unexplained bleeding
What are the possible emotional signs of abuse or harm?
- Depression
- Low self-esteem
What are the possible organisational signs of abuse or harm?
- Restricted visiting times
- Patient complaints
What are the possible financial signs of abuse or harm?
- Lack of money and/or belongings
- Debt
What are the possible signs of sexual abuse or harm?
- Unwanted pregnancy
- Sexually transmitted infection
- Sexual promiscuity
What are the possible neglect signs of abuse or harm?
- Unkempt appearance
- Malnutrition
What action should you take if you suspect abuse or abuse is disclosed to you ?
- Communicate with the individual
- Ensure a record of any disclosure is recorded word for word
- Report but don’t intervene
- Preserve evidence
What action can be taken to reduce the chances of abuse ?
- Raising awareness and educating
- Staff training
- Whistleblowing procedure
- Effective complaints procedure
- Risk-management procedure
- Risk assessment for each individual case
What does the term patient safety mean?
The avoidance of accidental or unintended injury or harm during a period of receiving healthcare.
What does the term clinical effectiveness mean?
The application of healthcare, taking into consideration the individual’s wishes, healthcare professional’s experience, and evidence-based research in approach.
Why is patient safety and clinical effectiveness important?
- Raises the standard of care improving the patient’s experience and quality.
- Avoids negative outcomes for the provision of care.
