Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB)
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Newham is a vibrant, dynamic, and culturally rich London Borough, home to one of the most diverse communities in the country. This diversity is our greatest strength, shaping a borough full of energy, creativity, and potential.
We are firmly committed to building a workforce and partnerships that reflect the communities we serve. Representation matters, not only in who we are, but in how we listen, engage, and make decisions. That’s why we are taking coordinated, focused, and meaningful action to foster an inclusive culture where diversity in all its forms.
The Newham Safeguarding Adults Board is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in all aspects of its work. We actively promote representation and engagement across cultural, racial, gender, age, disability, socio-economic, and linguistic backgrounds. By valuing different perspectives and lived experiences, we ensure that safeguarding decisions are informed, equitable, and responsive to the needs of our diverse community. Our approach reflects a belief that inclusion strengthens collaboration and improves outcomes for adults at risk.
We are committed to actively challenging racism, discrimination, inequality, and injustice in all their forms. Our shared goal is to make Newham a fairer, safer, and more equitable place for everyone where all people can live, learn, work, and thrive with dignity and respect.
The Newham Safeguarding Board Partnerships across adults, children, health, police, housing and community safety play a vital role in promoting these values and ensuring that every individual, regardless of age or circumstance, is protected, supported, and heard.
The Care Act has said that Newham Council must set up a Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB). Newham has had a SAB since 2006 however the Act now gives further direction and duties. The main objective of a SAB is to assure itself that local safeguarding arrangements and its partners act to help and protect adults across Newham.
A SAB has three core duties
1. Publish a strategic plan
To outline, for each financial year how it will meet its main objective and what the members will do to achieve this.
The plan must be developed with local community involvement, and the SAB must consult the local Healthwatch organisation.
The plan should be evidence-based and make use of all available evidence and intelligence from partners.
2. Publish an annual report
To detail:
- What the SAB has done during the year to achieve its main objective and implement its strategic plan
- What each member has done to implement the strategy
- The findings of any Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SAR) and subsequent action.
3. Conduct any Safeguarding Adults Reviews
A SAR is an in-depth review carried out where someone dies or is seriously injured as a result of neglect and abuse. This is carried out in accordance with Section 44 of the Care Act.
Board Members
You can contact Newham Safeguarding Adults Board at nsab@newham.gov.uk
There must also be three core members who should be decision makers for their service:
- The Local Authority (LA)
- The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)
- North East London (NEL) Integrated Care Board
SAB Sub groups
The Board is made up of a number of organisation's including people from the following:
- Newham Adult Social Services(DASS)
- LBN Housing
- Barts Health Hospital Trust
- East London Foundation Trust (Health and Mental Health)
- London Probation Service
- Newham Safeguarding Children's Board
- London Ambulance Service
- London Fire Brigade
- Voiceability Advocacy Services
The SAB meets 7 times a year. There are subcommittees that work on the priorities set by the board which report then back the SAB.
