A report providing information on the Berkshire West Safeguarding Partnership Board Annual report and Reading Borough Council’s contribution to the Annual Report.

The Director of Adult Social Care and Health Services presented a report updating the Committee on the Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board annual report for 2020/21.  It was noted that Reading was the one of the partner agencies that contributed to the annual report with West Berkshire and Wokingham.  The submission by Reading Borough Council was appended to the report.

The Assistant Director for Safeguarding, Quality, Performance and Practice, Jo Lappin explained that it had been a challenging year for safeguarding services in Reading and nationally.  Safeguarding services had been prioritised during the pandemic and there had been an increase in referrals.

The areas of focus for the coming year included reviewing the criteria for safeguarding referrals to support partners; the customer contact centre would become a single point of contact for adult services; supporting new legislation for Liberty, Protection and Safeguards; and continuing work with people who self-neglect.

Resolved –    That the report be noted.