Safeguarding legislation

This Act implemented the vetting and barring scheme to ensure that people considered unsuitable people to work with vulnerable people.

This Act enables specific rights to be given to every person living in the UK.

This Act establishes the CQC as the regulator to provide inspection in health and social care services including primary care.

This Act protects workers who disclose information about malpractice including abuse at their current workplace?

This Act requires local authorities to make enquiries if an individual is being abused or neglected or is at risk of abuse or neglect

This Act aims to protect and empower individuals who are unable to make choices and decisions for themselves.

This Act provides the legal framework for whistleblowing

This Act aims to give those with convictions the opportunity to start afresh.

This gives guidance to people who work with and care for individuals who can’t make decisions for themselves.

This Act regulates the way in which personal data needs to be handled and therefore protects people’s data being placed in the wrong hands.

This Act established the No Secrets and Safe Hands guidance documents to set out how different agencies must work together to respond to abuse.

This law provides a national framework of 11 sets of good practice standards to ensure the implementation of high quality and consistent work in protecting vulnerable adults from abuse.

This law sets out organisations and individuals ways to work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act.