Swindon Safeguarding Partnership

The purpose of a SAR

With the implementation of the Care Act 2014 there is a statutory requirement to undertake SARs when certain criteria are met. In this instance, it was commissioned because:

• there was reasonable cause for concern about how SSAB members or other agencies providing services, worked together to safeguard an adult and
• an adult died, and SSAB knew or suspected that the death resulted from abuse or neglect (whether or not it knew about or suspected the abuse or neglect before the adult died)

A SAR is a multi-agency review process that seeks to determine what relevant agencies and individuals involved could have done differently that could have prevented harm or a death from taking place.

The purpose of a SAR is not to apportion blame. It is to promote effective learning and improvement to prevent future deaths or serious harm occurring again.

Safeguarding Adult Review - Frankie

• SAR Frankie Executive Summary
• SAR Frankie Full Report
• SAR Frankie Learning Brief
• SSP Action Plan Proforma (to be completed alongside the Learning Brief) 

Safeguarding Adults Review – Summer, November 2023

• SAR Summer Full Report
• SAR Summer Practice Brief 
• SSP Action Plan Proforma (to be completed alongside the Learning Brief) 

Safeguarding Adults Review – Robert, March 2024

• SAR Robert Full Report
• SAR Robert Executive Summary
• SAR Robert 7 Minute Briefing
• SSP Action Plan Proforma (to be completed alongside the Learning Brief)

Safeguarding Adults Review – Wendy, May 2024

• SAR Wendy Brief Findings Report
• SAR Wendy 7 Minute Briefing
• SSP Action Plan Proforma (to be completed alongside the Learning Brief)

Safeguarding Adults Review – Richard, July 2024

• SAR Richard Brief Findings Report
• SAR Richard 7 Minute Briefing
• SSP Action Plan Proforma (to be completed alongside the Learning Brief)

Safeguarding Adults Review – Ethan, July 2024

• SAR Ethan Brief Findings Report
• SAR Ethan 7 Minute Briefing
• SSP Action Plan Proforma (to be completed alongside the Learning Brief)

Safeguarding Adults Review – Sally, September 2024

• SAR Sally Full Report
• SAR Sally Executive Summary
• SAR Sally 7 Minute Briefing
• SSP Action Plan Proforma (to be completed alongside the Learning Brief)

In the following recording Fiona Bateman, the author of SAR Sally, outlines the learning from this review. (Duration 18.33 minutes).