Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
NHS Safeguarding Guide
For information on all types of Safeguarding Guidance click HERE
NHS Safeguarding app for smartphones and tablets –
for details on how to get the app. Click HERE
Optical Confederation Safeguarding Advice
for current Safeguarding advice for the optical profession. Click HERE
Norfolk & Waveney ICS Safeguarding Advice
All partners within the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System have safeguarding obligations.
As the Integrated Care Board for Norfolk and Waveney, we have a statutory responsibility to ensure that the organisations from which we commission health and care services provide a safe system that safeguards children and adults who are at risk of abuse or neglect. READ MORE
Optometrists
will find the appropriate training attracts CET points and is available from DOCET; information can be found by clicking the following links:
Safeguarding Children: docet.info/enrol/index.php
Safeguarding Adults: docet.info/enrol/index.php
Dispensing Opticians can find similar training programmes, with CET points are available online from ABDO: information can be found by clicking the following links:
- Safeguarding Children : www.abdo.org.uk/news/abdo-level-2-child-safeguarding-course-for-dos/
- Safeguarding Adults: Advice & Guidance document – Optical Confederation
Norfolk Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
For practices treating patients who are registered with GP practices in Norfolk specific Safeguarding information and contact details can be found HERE
Suffolk Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
For practices treating patients who are registered with GP practices in Suffolk specific Safeguarding information and contact details can be found HERE
The Designated Safeguarding Children Team (Norfolk & Waveney) –
issued advice on Child Protection HERE