The latest revised version of the National Escalation Protocol for issues from Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) from Safeguarding Adult Boards (SABs) is available to read on the National Network of Chair of Safeguarding Adult Boards website.
The National Escalation Protocol for issues from Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) from Safeguarding Adult Boards (SABs) was developed following our national analysis of SARs conducted from April 2017 to March 2019.
This report, which was published in 2020, identified that there was a need for SABs to be able to sharing learning from SARs with central government departments, national regulatory bodies and national organisations, when findings from SARs require a response that was beyond the scope of local SABs.
The National Escalation Protocol was then developed with officers from the Department of Health and Social Care in 2021.
In the light of experiences since 2021, we have supported the development, drafting, use and revision of the protocol. The latest version is now available on the National Network of Chair of Safeguarding Adult Boards website.