SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Safeguarding Adults Boards

Strategic plan

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1

An SAB must publish for each financial year a plan (its “strategic plan”) which sets out—

a

its strategy for achieving its objective (see section 43), and

b

what each member is to do to implement that strategy.

2

In preparing its strategic plan, the SAB must—

a

consult the Local Healthwatch organisation for its area, and

b

involve the community in its area.

3

In this paragraph and paragraph 4, “financial year”, in relation to an SAB, includes the period—

a

beginning with the day on which the SAB is established, and

b

ending with the following 31 March or, if the period ending with that date is 3 months or less, ending with the 31 March following that date.