Issue 46 | October 2026
Welcome to the October edition of Pass It On News.
A bi-monthly newsletter bringing you the headlines and new policies, procedures and guidance from your West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board.
In this newsletter
 
In September, the Board met for an in-person meeting.
Board members heard a safeguarding case study from University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. The case was recognised as an excellent example of Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP), multi-agency working and person-centred practice. Colleagues praised the compassion and flexibility shown by staff, highlighting the importance of advocacy, effective partnership working, positive risk management and a culture focused on learning rather than blame.
The Board heard a deep-dive presentation on the Multi-Agency Risk Management (MARM) subgroup, which highlighted a new, comprehensive process to triage MARM referrals. Feedback from the Board's follow-up self-neglect audit, led by the Quality & Performance (Q&P) subgroup was also shared and discussed, with a number of actions agreed to take forward as a result. The Board also heard updates on the work of the Pan-Sussex subgroups, proposed Board events for 2026-7, and learning from a West Sussex Safeguarding Children's Partnership (WSCCP) review.
The next full Board meeting takes place in December 2026.
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A quality issue is where the practice or care being delivered by a care provider falls short of expected standards but does not indicate abuse or neglect, and is therefore not a safeguarding issue.
We have now added information about what constitutes a quality issue, as well as how to report quality issues to West Sussex County Council, on our Raise a concern webpages.
Visit our webpages:
Take five with your preferred cuppa to catch-up each day on our Safeguarding Adults Week blog posts.
From 16-20 November 2026 we’ll be sharing a daily 5-minute blog post linked to each of the Ann Craft Trust daily themes:
- Listening and person-centred conversations
- Strengths, choice, and control
- Co-production and shared decision-making
- Professional curiosity
- Learning and reflection
Please do promote this widely within your organisations:
 
The Sussex Safeguarding Adults Policy and Procedures have been updated to include new sections on cultural capabilities, victim blaming language, and online harm.
These new sections have been adapted from the London Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy, Practice Guidance and Procedures (2025), and have been selected to support potential gaps in knowledge in, and information provided by, the three Sussex Safeguarding Adults Boards.
Please do take a few minutes to familiarise yourself with these new sections, and to share them within your own organisation:
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