Oldham Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB) have published an essential 7-Minute Briefing highlighting learning from the recently published Safeguarding Adult Review in relation to 'Ruth'. The briefing is designed to share learning widely across partner agencies, encourage team discussions, and improve practice.

The briefing focuses on learning about supporting adults with complex and overlapping needs; the importance of coordinated responses to risk and specifically in Ruth's case, medication management risk; the need for mental health pathway clarity and clinical escalation routes; and the need for stronger commissioning oversight of complex care packages.

7-Minute Briefings are based on research which suggests that seven minutes is an ideal time span in which to concentrate and learn. Learning for 7 minutes is manageable in most services and often more memorable as it is necessarily brief and not clouded by other issues and pressures. These short, safeguarding snapshots can be a helpful way to support team learning. Please discuss these briefings within your teams, complete the OSAB 7-Minute Briefing Team Discussion Feedback Form to record and evidence how you have used the briefings and send a copy to OSAB.

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OSAB 7-Minute Briefing - Learning from SARs - Ruth

OSAB regularly produces briefings to support professional safeguarding practice. Each briefing covers an area of practice, a summary of key research or guidance or learning from audits and reviews. These briefings are produced to raise awareness and to promote reflective discussions amongst practitioners within Oldham partner agencies and can be found on the ‘Briefings’ page.