LSAP meeting dates

Topics for 2026

As usual, these topics for discussion have been chosen through discussion with our LSAP, Business Group and Board members, with ideas collated into the topic areas.

These may be subject to change if we have external subject matter experts or something more immediately relevant comes up.

January	Planning for 2026
March	Multi-agency working and collaboration
May (face to face county)	Care Act and s42 Enquiries
July	Exploitation and transitions
September	People who don't fit in our 'boxes'
November (face to face county)	Mental Capacity and decision-making

2026 dates

South	West	Central	North	East
Wed 21 Jan 1.30-3.30	Thu 15 Jan 2 -3.30	Mon 19 Jan 2-3.30	Thu 22 Jan 10-12	Tue 27 Jan 10-12
Wed 18 Mar 1.30-3.30	Mon 23 Mar 1-3	Mon 16 Mar 1.30-3	Thu 26 Mar 10-12	Tue 17 Mar 10-12
May: face to face event Wed 13 May 9.30-12.30
Wed 15 Jul 1.30-3.30	Mon 20 Jul 1-3	Mon 13 Jul 10-11.30	Mon 23 Jul 10-12	Tue 21 Jul 10-12
Wed 16 Sep 2-4	Mon 21 Sep 1-3	Mon 14 Sep 10-11.30	Thu 24 Sep 10-12	Tue 15 Sep 10-12
Nov: face to face event Date/time tbc	provisionally Weds 25th Nov

Topics for 2025

MCA and professional curiosity remain our 'Golden Threads'. Our topics and discussions continue to link to our NSAB Strategic Plan:

Prevention priority 1 (co-ordinate partnership activities)
Managing and responding priority 3 (recognising different needs and barriers to access)
Learning priority 2 (producing and sharing relevant insights and guidance across the multi-agency partnership)

January	Planning for 2025
March	The ‘quiet’ people
May (face to face county)	Mental health and safeguarding
July	Exploitation and cuckooing
September (face to face locality)	Transitional safeguarding
November (face to face county)	Organisational abuse

Topics for 2024

These are the wide themes for our meetings this year:

January	Safeguarding and mental health
March	Raising a concern
May (face to face - whole county)	Financial / economic abuse
July	Learning and best practice
September	Prevention themes from SARs
November (face to face - whole county)	Neglect / self-neglect

SARs – DHRs – LeDeR – to cover specific cases as they are published

Domestic abuse / MCA / thematic learning – ongoing threads throughout but may have meetings devoted to those areas

Topics covered in 2023

January - March	Looking back at 2022 / looking forward to 2023
March - May	Formal & informal carers
May - July	Financial abuse & scams
June - Face to Face meeting for all LSAP groups together	Making Safeguarding personal and understanding safeguarding duties
Sept - November	Neglect & self-neglect Link with ACT National Safeguarding Adults Week
Nov - Face to Face	TBC

SARs – DHRs – LeDeR – to cover specific cases as they are published