07 July 2025
4LSAB Updated Policies
The four Local Safeguarding Adults Boards (LSABs) across Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Southampton have today published two refreshed pieces of guidance, now available via each Board’s website.
To ensure the effective implementation of this refreshed guidance, it is essential that all agencies review and incorporate the principles into their local safeguarding policies and procedures. This includes updating internal documentation, workflows, and training materials to reflect any changes in expectations or practice.
Equally important is ensuring that all staff are made aware of the updated guidance, understand how it applies to their role, and feel confident in recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns in line with the frameworks. Embedding this guidance into everyday local practice will help promote consistency, improve outcomes, and uphold the rights and wellbeing of adults at risk.
Laura Rice, Isle of Wight Safeguarding Adults Board Manager
The resources below may be found on our Resources library page: IOW SAB Resources Library
4LSAB Falls Guidance
This refreshed guidance outlines a unified, multi-agency approach to managing falls in adults, with a strong emphasis on safeguarding principles and collaborative working across services. It supports practitioners in identifying when a fall may indicate wider safeguarding concerns, ensuring that appropriate actions are taken to protect adults at risk.
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It reinforces the importance of professional curiosity, respectful challenge, and timely escalation when concerns arise, all while keeping the individual’s wishes and wellbeing at the centre of decision-making. Central to the guidance is a commitment to person-centred practice, placing the individual’s wishes, wellbeing, and rights at the heart of decision-making.
4LSAB Concerns Guidance
The refreshed 4LSAB Concerns Guidance is a multi-agency framework designed to support consistent and effective decision-making when raising adult safeguarding concerns across Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, and Portsmouth.
4LSAB Safeguarding Concerns Guidance
The guidance is intended for professionals across all sectors, statutory, private, voluntary, and faith-based, who may need to raise a safeguarding concern to the Local Authority. It complements the Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy, Process and Guidance 2023, and is grounded in key legislation including the Care Act 2014, Human Rights Act 1998, and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
The framework promotes:
- A shared understanding of what constitutes a safeguarding concern
- Person-centred, rights-based approaches
- Early intervention and prevention
- Empowerment and involvement of adults in managing risk
- Transparency, advocacy, and effective recording practices
- It also reinforces the six statutory safeguarding principles and encourages collaborative, legally informed practice to improve outcomes for adults at risk of abuse or neglect.