Please bear with us as we're in the process of updating this page.  

The subgroups relate to our strategic plan and statutory duties, so we want to ensure that the information we share is as up-to-date as possible.

Quality and Assurance

Established in the summer of 2022, the aim of this subgroup is to develop a programme to provide assurance to the board that local safeguarding arrangements are effective, and that safeguarding practice continues to improve and enhance the quality of life for adults with care and support needs in line with making safeguarding personal.

Over the last few years the group have worked closely with the insight and analytics team at Norfolk County Council to develop a monitoring dashboard for safeguarding adults data. This includes several effectiveness measures that align to the Board’s overall responsibilities.  The subgroup feeds back pertinent data to board members from the bimonthly meetings, and Board members all have access to this. Currently it uses local authority data, but with one of our new priorities for 2026-29 being partnership data, we hope to be able to expand to include information from our wider partnership.

During 2025/26, the main focus of work has been on deeper dives into data looking at advocacy and neglect, and also looking for assurance in relation to some of the recommendations from SAR Adult R.

Self-Neglect and Hoarding

This subgroup was formed in 2021, in part as a response to the number of safeguarding adult referrals coming through where self-neglect and /or hoarding was a theme.

'Self-neglect' and 'hoarding' are distinct terms, with self-neglect being a relatively broad category of behaviours, and hoarding being a more specific behaviour that may become a form of self-neglect.

The purpose of this multi-agency group is being updated in 2026 to better reflect our new Strategic Plan and specifically the focused priority on self-neglect and / or hoarding. It will also work on some of the recommendations from SAR Andrew.

You can read more about self-neglect and hoarding in our multi-agency strategy document (revised May 2025) and our helpful Practitioner Guide.

Safeguarding Adults Review Group

The safeguarding adults review group (or SARG as it is often known) meets every month and is attended by senior representatives from health, Norfolk Constabulary and adult social care, as well as the NSAB board manager, chairperson and administrator.  The group also has legal representation from Nplaw.  During meetings, the group will consider any SAR referrals that have been received and discuss any ongoing SARs, multi-agency and single agency reviews.  It's an opportunity for representatives to share and discuss any evidence that their agency has on the cases that have been referred.

Conversation and debate can be quite lively as the details of the cases are discussed. Sometimes it can take several months to receive all the information required from agencies to enable the group to reach a decision on whether a SAR should be carried out.  

All referrals and investigations are captured and actions from them are recorded on a composite action plan.  The group will meet approximately three times a year to discuss recommendations and actions from completed SARs to ensure that learning from them is rolled out.