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CSAB are pleased to be hosting our 2nd Practitioners Forum on Monday 13th October 2025 10am - 12 noon. The theme for the forum will be how to respond to concerns relating to a Person in Position of Trust often referred to as PiPoT.

Through the use of a case study and discussion the forum will explore the responsibilities of providers and agencies working with or caring for adults with care and support needs to respond to allegations or concerns raised about a person, whether an employee, volunteer or student (paid or unpaid) who works with or cares for adults. 

The Forum will consider the circumstances in which a referral should be made in relation to concerns about a person in a position of trust. There will be a launch of refreshed CSAB PiPoT guidance which contains further advice for employers or volunteer organisations in relation to their responsibilities to assess potential risks posed by a person in a position of trust and if necessary, to take action to prevent abuse or neglect.

Facilitated discussion will explore the following in a safe space;

• What has worked well/not from case studies
• Opportunity to reflect on practice
• Discussion time in a multi-agency forum
• Inform CPD requirements
• Identify barriers to partnership working to identify how to improve

To secure your place on this online event please click the link here.

This review published by Cumberland Community Safety Partnership concerns the circumstances leading to the death by suicide of a 39-year-old woman, Hannah, who had been experiencing domestic abuse in her relationship prior to her death.  Hannah experienced adverse childhood experiences, including sexual and physical abuse and parental domestic abuse. She went on to experience domestic abuse in her significant relationships as an adult and, as a result, experienced anxiety and depression, self-harm and problematic alcohol use.  Hannah was a registered nurse and worked in the hospitals close to where she lived. Hannah worked in a qualified, professional capacity.  

The National Safeguarding Adults Board Safeguarding Excellence Awards take place during National Safeguarding Adults Week in November. We would like to encourage managers and colleagues to nominate and recognise the hard work and dedication of any professional and/or team in Cumbria who have gone over and above this year, who continue to provide an outstanding commitment and effort to safeguard adults and their families.   

To find out more about the awards, categories for nominations and to nominate a colleague or team please click here.

You can also read the fantastic nomination for Lucy Reed, Recovery Steps Cumbria, who won the Protection Award in 2024 for her dedication and passion when working with those who face addiction.

Read more about Lucy's dedication and her achievement in our 2024/25 Annual Report here.

Practitioners across the system are invited to a lunch time online session which will cover learning from a recent thematic self-neglect Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR).

The SAR reviewed the circumstances of 6 adults in Cumbria, all of whom sadly died and had experienced self-neglect. Planning is underway to publish the SAR report in October 2025 to receive notification of publication, you can sign up to our newsletter Cumberland Council to receive notification of publication

To support the dissemination of learning from the SAR an on-line session will be led by Suzy Braye, Independent SAR reviewer and author. The session will take place on Thursday 20th November 2025, 1pm - 2:30pm via MS teams. 

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People with a learning disability who have type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of dying from the condition, despite having better overall blood glucose control.

The study published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Control, found that although they had similar risks of vascular complications, people with learning disabilities were 20% more likely to progress faster to severe disease and the need for insulin therapy than those who didn’t have learning disabilities.

They were also more likely to be taking medication for diabetes and high blood pressure and to have more complications related to diabetes at the time of their diagnosis.

The authors suggested that future research into the mechanisms behind this could help reduce health disparities for people with type 2 diabetes and learning disabilities.  

LeDeR is a globally unique approach established in 2017 to learn from the deaths of people with a learning disability and autistic people in England. Funded by NHS England, the aim is to improve services by collating data on deaths, to identify improvements that should be made to reduce health inequalities and early deaths, for people with a learning disability and autistic people.  

LeDeR is notified of deaths of adults with a learning disability or autistic adults through
reports from family members, friends or professionals involved in a person’s care.  The report is an independent analysis led by King’s College London of the data collected through LeDeR notification.  

39 Essex Chambers publish regular briefings and reports in relation the Mental Capacity Act.  The September 2025 Report is now out, click here to see and read the highlights.  Highlights this months include reports on:

• Health, Welfare & Deprivation of Liberty
• Property & Affairs 
• Practice & Procedure 
• Mental Health Matters
• Children's Capacity
• Wider Context

Community Care have published a blog from Ruth E Hare who is a senior practitioner with Birmingham City Council’s quality and practice learning and hoarding team.  Ruth was was named adult social worker of the year at the 2023 Social Worker of the Year Awards. In the blog Ruth describes a day spent working with teams to tackle growing referral numbers while helping a student reverse an unsafe hospital discharge.  

Cumbria Safeguarding Children's Partnership (CSCP) has now disaggregated forming 2 new  Safeguarding Children's Partnerships for  Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness Safeguarding Children Partnership.  

If you support children, young people and families in Cumberland, you should refer to the Cumberland Safeguarding Children Partnership’s website for advice, guidance and support by following the link here.

If you support children, young people and families in Westmorland & Furness, you should refer to the Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Children Partnership’s website for advice, guidance and support by following the link here.

To sign up for briefings and further information follow the links for each partnership:

• Cumberland sign up here
• Westmorland and Furness sign up here