Safeguarding Adult Reviews 1: Threshold Document (Section 44 Care Act 2014)

1. A Safeguarding Adult Board (SAB) must arrange for there to be a review of a case involving an adult in its area with needs for care and support (whether or not the local authority has been meeting any of those needs) if:
   
   
   1. There is reasonable cause for concern about how the SAB, members of it or other persons with relevant functions worked together to safeguard the adult
      
      and
   2. Either of the following conditions are met:
2. Condition 1 is met if:
   
   
   1. The adult has died, and
   2. The SAB knows or suspects that the death resulted from abuse or neglect (whether or not it knew about or suspected the abuse or neglect before the adult died)
3. Condition 2 is met if:
   
   
   1. The adult is still alive, and
   2. The SAB knows or suspects that the adult has experienced serious abuse or neglect
4. Each member of the SAB must co-operate in and contribute to the carrying out of the review with a view to:
   
   
   1. Identifying the lessons to be learnt from the adult’s case, and
   2. Applying those lessons to future cases.

More in this section

• Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs)
• SAR 1: SAR threshold
• SAR 2: SAR referral form
• SAR 3a: Notification of SAR scoping panel
• SAR 3b: Chronology template
• SAR 4a: SAR criteria
• SAR 4b: Parallel processes guidance
• SAR 4c: SAR scope of the review
• SAR 4d: SAR methodology options
• SAR 5a: SAR action plan template
• SAR 6: SAR leaflet
• SAR Protocol