§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make his policy to include adult protection indicators arising from the implementation of No Secrets in the performance indicator framework; and if he will make a statement. [45634]
(2) when the Social Services Inspectorate plans to inspect social services' implementation of the No Secrets guidance. [45625]
§ Jacqui SmithThis Department is not currently planning to inspect local councils for compliance with the "No Secrets" guidance. We have commissioned the Centre for Policy on Ageing to undertake an analysis of all local council multi-agency codes of practice. Once the results of this work are made available a decision will be made on the need to follow up the "No Secrets" guidance.
At present there are no plans to include a specific adult protection indicator in the Personal Social Services Performance Assessment Framework. There are however several existing indicators of relevance to adult protection (for example emergency admissions, avoidable harm from falls and hypothermia, clients receiving reviews and inspections of residential care). A decision on including a specific adult protection indicator will be made once the Centre for Policy on Ageing have concluded their analysis.