Policy paper

Safe care at home review

Joint review led by the Home Office and DHSC into the protections and support for adults abused, or at risk of abuse, in their own home by people providing their care.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Safe care at home review

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Details

The review drew on the experience of people who receive care in their own homes, organisations representing carers, and statutory agencies including frontline professionals.

The review developed a set of cross-government actions for implementing change over 3 key themes:

  1. Strengthening accountability and oversight mechanisms to better protect and support victims.

  2. Strengthening training and guidance so this type of harm and relevant legislative protections are better understood by frontline professionals.

  3. Improving the data and evidence available about this type of harm.

Read the terms of reference for the review here.

Updates to this page

Published 12 June 2023
Last updated 4 July 2023 + show all updates
  1. Audio version added.

  2. First published.

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