Primary Care Services have an important role to play in the identification of the individual health care needs of children and young people who are looked after.  They often have prior knowledge of the child or young person looked after, of the birth parents and of carers, helping them to take a holistic and child-centred approach to health care decisions and may also have continuing responsibility for the child or young person when they return home.

The purpose of this document is to clarify the level and frequency of safeguarding training that is expected for all CCG staff. Provider organisations commissioned by the CCG are each required to have their own safeguarding strategy.

To ensure staff and all other groups working with people where there are issues about mental capacity, in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, work in accordance with The Act and Code of Practice.

This policy relates to circumstances when an allegation is made that a child/young person or adult with care and support needs is suffering or likely to suffer harm caused by an employee/worker from Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) or that an employee’s behaviour indicates they are unsuitable to work with children or adults with care and support needs.

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is committed to the protection of vulnerable children and adults. The CCG will execute its statutory duties under the Children Act 2004 and the Care Act 2014 by ensuring that all staff are trained to the required level according to their role and responsibilities. The principle philosophy is that safeguarding is everybody’s business and all staff will respond to concerns, raise safeguarding awareness and address any emerging issues.

As a commissioning organisation the CCG will ensure that all health services contracted by it have robust processes in place to prevent, identify and act upon abuse of any patient, this includes those services having clear accessible policy and procedures, safer recruitment, training and governance systems.

Comprehensive children’s and adult safeguarding supervision arrangements are required to ensure that appropriate advice and supervision is available to all staff, commensurate with their role.

The CCG will discharge its corporate accountability for safeguarding as per its organisational Accountability structure.  

This policy illustrates the requirements and compliance with legislative duties to safeguard Children and vulnerable adults. It is applicable to all CCG staff and all independent contracted staff. All provider organisations should have their own policies for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in accordance with their own statutory responsibilities

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is committed to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people who access services that it commissions.

The purpose of this policy is to outline to all staff the commitment to adult safeguarding through the CCG’s commissioning activity so that the six principles of Adult Safeguarding are enshrined in all the services commissioned via contracting arrangements.

This policy sets out Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group’s approach to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

NHS to NHS Concerns Process

The localised retention schedule has been produced to support NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin CCG employees to adopt a consistent approach to the practice of managing records.  The schedule is not an exhaustive list and focuses on the types of records as listed in the organisation’s asset register. The schedule is based on the NHSX Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care 2020 and the NHS England Corporate Records Retention 2019. The schedule replaces guidance produced under Records Management: NHS Code of Practice 2016