Policies

The organisation has a number of policies in place in order to discharge its statutory requirements and appropriate accountability for the safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of harm or abuse.

The policies for safeguarding set out the legislation, codes of conduct and behaviours required of employees of NHS England.

Safeguarding policies

• Safeguarding policy
• Managing safeguarding allegations against staff: Policy and procedure
• Safeguarding vulnerable people in the reformed NHS – accountability and assurance framework
• Mental Capacity Act 2005: A Guide for Clinical Commissioning Groups and other commissioners of healthcare services on Commissioning for Compliance

The Safeguarding Alerts Policy is under review and has temporarily been removed, if you have any further queries please contact the Safeguarding Team on england.safeguarding@nhs.net.