Health Executive Safeguarding Adults Alliance (HESAA)

The purpose of the alliance is for health organisations to meet collectively, to work in partnerships and to recognise their responsibility to provide safe care for all patients as outlined in the Care Act.  Also, to recognise and support those who are less able to protect themselves from neglect, harm and abuse and to ensure that they have appropriate choices and control within their lives and the support to manage risk.

Whilst this subgroup is no longer aligned to the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board, the board manager continues to attend HESAA meetings, to brief the group on work that the board is doing and to keep up to date with the safeguarding work that health providers are undertaking and any challenges that they may face.