Adults Wales
Legislation Statutory Good Practice Guidance Action Plans Research and Reports
Bills
New
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL] 2017-19 England and Wales
Charity Trustees (Time Off for Duties) Bill 2017-19 England, Wales and Scotland
The Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill
Digital Economy Act 2017 (Amendment) (Definition of Extreme Pornography) Bill [HL] 2017-19
Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill [HL] 2017-19
Legislation
New
Public Health (Wales) Act 2017
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
Part 5 of this Act is about Protection of Children etc
Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015
Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014
The Bill will reform and integrate social services law for people and make provision for:
- Improving the well-being outcomes for people who need care and support, and carers who need support;
- Co-ordination and partnership by public authorities with a view to improving the well-being of people;
- Complaints and representations relating to social care and palliative care;
- Local authorities’ social service functions and that of Welsh Ministers to intervene in a local authority’s exercise of its social services functions; and connected purposes.
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
Improper administration of medicine –s.67 Medicines Act 1968
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Compulsory admission to hospital or guardianship for patients not involved in criminal proceedings (Part II).
Family Law Act 1996 (the 1996 Act)
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Includes trustees duty of care
Sex Offender Act 1997 see also 2003
An Act to require the notification of information to the police by persons who have committed certain sexual offences; to make provision with respect to the commission of certain sexual acts outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
An Act to protect individuals who make certain disclosures of information in the public interest; to allow such individuals to bring action in respect of victimisation; and for connected purposes.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
Special measures directions in case of vulnerable and intimidated witnesses
An Act to establish a National Care Standards Commission; to make provision for the registration and regulation of children’s homes, independent hospitals, independent clinics, care homes, residential family centres, independent medical agencies, domiciliary care agencies, fostering agencies, nurses agencies and voluntary adoption agencies; to make provision for the regulation and inspection of local authority fostering and adoption services.
127 Improper use of public electronic communications network
(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he—
(a) sends by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or
(b) causes any such message or matter to be so sent.
(2) A person is guilty of an offence if, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another, he—
(a) sends by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that he knows to be false,
(b) causes such a message to be sent; or
(c) persistently makes use of a public electronic communications network.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to anything done in the course of providing a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42)).
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
The safeguards are designed to protect the interests of an extremely vulnerable group of service users and to:
- ensure people can be given the care they need in the least restrictive regimes
- prevent arbitrary decisions that deprive vulnerable people of their liberty
- provide safeguards for vulnerable people
- provide them with rights of challenge against unlawful detention
- avoid unnecessary bureaucracy
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
An Act to make provision in connection with the protection of children and vulnerable adults.
The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007
The Serious Crime Act (2007) section 44
Intentionally encouraging or assisting an offence
Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006
Statutory Guidlines
NEW
FGM mandatory reporting duty: guidance for healthcare professionals update January 2017
Revised Prevent Duty Guidance: for England and Wales 2016
Prevent Duty Guidance: for further education institutions in England and Wales 2016
Prevent Duty Guidance: for higher education institutions in England and Wales 2016
Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice updated 2016
Guidance on Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 March 2015
Multi-agency practice guidelines: Handling cases of Forced Marriage 2014
Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 March 2014
Good Practice Guidelines
Strategy for dealing with safeguarding issues in charities updated December 2017
DBS guidlines for a criminal record check from October 2nd 2017
CPS statements on Hate Crime 2017
Criminal Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: County Lines guidance 2017
Whistleblowing: Prescribed persons guidance 2017
ABE Special Measures - Crown Prosecution Service Legal Guidance 2011
This guidance is intended to assist those involved in information sharing between agencies about Domestic Violence to make decisions. It identifies the underlying ethical considerations so that tensions between confidentiality and information sharing may be resolved
Charities
Enhanced Due Diligence: Safeguarding for external partners published October 2018 (UK)
Safeguarding duties for charity trustees England and Wales updated July 2018
Automatic disqualification rules for charity trustees and charity senior positions 2018
Charities: how to protect children and adults at risk 2018
Actions to tackle exploitation and abuse agreed with UK charities 2018
Regulatory and risk framework 2018
Safeguarding duties for charity trustees England and Wales December 2017
How to report a serious incident in your charity updated 2017
Regulatory alert to charities - safeguarding 19 December 2017
Strategy for dealing with safeguarding issues in charities 2017
Charity fundraising: a guide to trustee duties 2016
Whistleblowing: guidance for charity employee 2015
Charity Commission’s Safeguarding children and young people 2014
All Health and Social Care Practioners
Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff August 2018
Doctors
General Practitioners and all Medical Practitioners
GMC Confidentiality: good practice in handling patient information (2017)
General Medical Guidance: Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety 2012
General Medical Guidance: Consent: patients and doctors making decisions together 2008
Nurses
Record Keeping guidance for nurses and midwives 2015
Raising concerns: Guidance for nurses and midwives 2013
The Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act 1983 for Wales
Frameworks and Action Plans and Fact Sheets
NEW
A Call to End Violence against Women and Girls Action Plan March 2014
The Strategy for Older People in Wales 2013-2023
Sustainable Social Services for Wales: A Framework for Action 2011
Reports and Research
NEW
The Response to Domestic Abuse: Consultation Response and Draft Bill
National Referral Mechanism Statistics –End of Year Summary 2017
Sexual offences in England and Wales: year ending March 2017
County Lines Violence, Exploitation & Drug Supply 2017
FGM protection orders factsheet published December 2016
Deprivation of liberty: a practical guide April 2015
User involvement in adult safeguarding Published September 2011 Review September 2014
Social care institute for excellence Adults’ Services Report 47
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