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Regulation 18: Notification of other incidents
Guidance for care providers on the duty to report events or occurrences to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Version: 1 Date published: June 2026 Review due: June 2027 Contents Introduction Your responsibilities Notifiable incidents Decision-making around injury Introduction This guidance has be...
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Sussex Self-Neglect Practice Guidance for Staff
Version: 2 Date published: December 2025 Review due: December 2028 Contents What is self-neglect? Signs of self-neglect Possible reasons for self-neglect Self-neglect and the Care Act What is the aim of the Sussex self-neglect procedure? What is the self-neglect process in Sussex? Tips on working...
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2.8. Sussex multi-agency procedures to support adults who self-neglect
On this page 2.8.1. Introduction 2.8.2. Flowchart – overview of the self-neglect process in Sussex 2.8.3. Self-neglect and the Care Act 2014 2.8.4. Self-neglect: signs and causes 2.8.5. Working with adults who self-neglect 2.8.6. Self-neglect and mental capacity 2.8.7. Collaborative multi-agency w...
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2.7. Safeguarding and domestic abuse
On this page 2.7.1. Introduction 2.7.2. Understanding definitions of domestic abuse 2.7.3. Risk to others 2.7.4. Working with people experiencing domestic abuse 2.7.5. Consent and capacity in relation to domestic abuse 2.7.6. Responding to disclosures and safe enquiries 2.7.7. Assessing and managi...
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2.11. Adult safeguarding and sharing information
On this page 2.11.1. Introduction 2.11.2. Why do we need to share adult safeguarding information? 2.11.3. Principles of information-sharing 2.11.4. What if an adult does not want their information shared? 2.11.5. How to improve communication and joint working 2.11.6. General Data Protection Regula...
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2.12. Safeguarding and discriminatory abuse
On this page 2.12.1. Introduction 2.12.2. Definitions of discriminatory abuse 2.12.3. Working with people at risk of or experiencing discriminatory abuse 2.12.4. Trauma-informed practice in the context of people at risk of or experiencing discriminatory abuse 2.12.5. Reporting and responding to di...
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2.6. Quality and safeguarding
On this page 2.6.1. Introduction 2.6.2. Responsibilities for quality 2.6.3. The role of the regulatory authority – Care Quality Commission 2.6.4. Quality monitoring in social care and health 2.6.5. When do concerns about quality require a safeguarding concern to be raised with the local authority?...