South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership has developed this app in partnership with the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre. It aims to provide health and social care staff, police and other partner agencies with guidance and good practice information about adult support and protection. This will support staff in applying professional judgement based on principles and values, so that they make the best possible decisions in adult support and protection.
The app is based on the West of Scotland Adult Support and Protection Guidance.
By making this guidance more readily accessible at point of need in community and care settings, it will deliver the following benefits:
- Staff and public confidence that decisions about adult support and protection are safe and effective, complying with national legislation and local guidance.
- Clarity and consistency in assessing risk and in managing the complex processes involved in adult support and protection.
- Clearer communication across the wider multi-professional and multi-agency team about clients’ needs.
- Faster decision-making