Please find below SARs and/or Research that has recently been published:
Research in Practice is hosting a webinar on SARs this December, members can book a place at the following link;
The webinar is about the recent National Analysis of SARs undertaken by Prof Michael Preston Shoot, S Braye, O Preston, K Allen and K Spreadbury (2020).
The research involves the analysis of 231 Safeguarding Adult Reviews. This involved 263 subjects, 129 male and 109 female. The majority (80%) were deceased.
The five cross cutting themes identified from the coding exercise and confirmed by the focus group discussion were …
- CROSSING BOUNDARIES – The room for error seemed to increase when boundaries are ‘crossed’ or where there is a transition between one type of service user to another, from one service to another, or from one geographic area to another.
- HOODWINKING – Hoodwinking relates to individuals who disguised or manipulated their presentation of self, for example by appearing more benign or better able than they actually are.
- FAULTY ASSESSMENT – The assessments conducted by practitioners tends to focus on particular aspects of behaviour, neglecting others, thereby reducing the overall accuracy of the assessment.
- TUNNEL VISION – There was a tendency for practitioners to focus solely or predominantly on certain aspects of someone’s vulnerability or risk, and to exclude or fail to recognise other aspects.
- KNOWLEDGE – It was evident that some sources of knowledge were privileged and therefore dominant. Professional knowledge took precedence over personal knowledge.