Torbay and Devon Safeguarding Adults Partnership
If you see, hear or suspect that an adult may be at risk of abuse or neglect, you must tell someone about it. If they are in immediate danger contact the police on 999.
Torbay and Devon Safeguarding Adults Partnership is the collective name for the partners of Torbay and Devon Safeguarding Adults Board.
The board provides strategic leadership for adult safeguarding across Devon.
Visit: https://www.devonsafeguardingadultspartnership.org.uk/
The Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission began operating on 1 April 2009 as the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. Replacing three earlier commissions: the Healthcare Commission, the Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Mental Health Act Commission.
The CQC are the independent regulator of all health and social care services in England; they make sure that care provided by hospitals, dentists, ambulances, care homes and services in people’s own homes and elsewhere meets national standards of quality and safety
The national standards cover all aspects of care, including:
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treating people with dignity and respect.
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making sure food and drink meets people’s needs.
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making sure that that the environment is clean and safe.
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managing and staffing services.
The CQC register care services that meet the standards, inspect them to check that they continue to do so, and take action when they don’t.
To find out more please visit https://www.cqc.org.uk/