Safeguarding in The NHS Flashcards
What is unconscious bias?
The associations we have based on our personal experiences, culture and societal views the stereotype people or events. These thoughts are outside our conscious awareness and control.
What are some ways to tackle unconscious bias?
Slow down your thinking and decision making process
Empathises with the feeling and viewpoints of others
Learn about different diversity and groups
Find evidence against stereotypes
What is anchoring bias in medicine?
A failure to adapt treatment or prognosis based on new information or test results
What is availability bias in medicine?
Where diagnosis or treatment is guided by recents events or information you have been exposed to,
E.g attended a conference for a certain illness next patient who presents with similar symptoms will have this illness
What is confirmation bias?
The tendency to look for information to support a conclusion rather than go against it.
What is safeguarding?
The process of promoting welfare of individuals and groups, protecting them from harm and putting controls in place to do so.
What are the aims of safeguarding?
To prevent harm and reduce the risk of abuse or neglect.
To allow individual to make their own decisions
To promote positive outcomes
Raise public awareness, to enable health professionals to identify and response to abuse and neglect, improving quality of life.
What is needed to successful achieve safeguarding?
Ensure roles and responsibilities of organisation and individuals are laid out
Create a strong multi-organisation framework
To enable access to mainstream community safety measures
Clarify the interface between safeguarding and quality service provision
What is the main responsibility of the clinician in regards to safeguarding?
To promote the safety and well-being of patients and colleagues.
Follow trust regulation on reporting all potential safeguarding concerns, if there is doubt there is no doubt.
Record written evidence
Remain calm and avoid shock or disbelief practice
Work with the victim to ensure their safety and wishes are followed.
What were the main ideas from the 2014 The Care Act regarding safe guarding?
Safeguarding adults means protecting a persons right to life in safety, free from abuse and neglect.
Sets out a clear legal framework for local authorities and other organisations.
Prevents and stop the risk or experience of abuse and neglect
Ensure the adults well-being is promoted
Have regard for the adults wishes, views and feeling when deciding on any action
What are the six safeguarding responsibilities form the 2014 Care act?
- Empowerment - adults are able to ask for what they want and receive support that is personal to them and consented to
- Prevention - signs are recognised and clear decisive action is taken before any harm can occur
- Proportionality - the action taken in proportionate to the risk and the adults best interests
- Protection - professionals to provide help and support for those in the greatest need
- Partnership - professional services within the community will work together to share information to prevent abuse
- Accountability - safeguarding of vulnerable adults should be delivered with transparency and accountability, adult must understands the role of everyone in their life
What did the Children’s Act 2004 have to do with safeguarding?
Reinforces that all organisations and people working with children have a duty to safeguard children and protect their welfare by working together. All children have a right to live free from abuse and harm.
Prevents unsuitable people from working with children and ensures staff are trained in order to fulfil their duty correctly.
Children to be allowed to put under the care act (separated from parents, responsibility shared) or supervision. (Responsibility shared with local authority and parents)
What is an adult at risk?
18 yrs or above
May need community care services
Reason of mental health or disability
Unable to protect themselves from harm or exploitation (dementia)
What are the different types of abuse?
Physical abuse
Sexual abuse
Neglect
Emotional or psychological abuse
Forced marriage
Female genital mutilation
Sexual exploitation
Domestic violence
Financial or material abuse
Discrimination
Bullying
Trafficking
Extremist views leading to terrorism
What is fabrication as a type of abuse?
A situation that is made up and causes a person physical or mental harm.
E.g fabricating an illness on a child
Fabricating a sexual assault case putting the defendant through emotional turmoil.
What are common accidental brushing patterns in children?
Shins
Forehead and nose
Back of the head and lower back
What are some abusive brushing patterns in children?
Stomach
Inner arms and back of arms
Thighs and backs of legs
Bum cheeks
Lower neck in between the shoulder blades
Back sides of head
Eyes, ears and mouth
