...Kathryn Mackay; Mary Notman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline the duties and powers of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act (ASPSA) 2007 and place them in the wider Scottish adult protection legislative framework. It considers the potential value of a standalone adult...

...Kate Fennell Purpose – The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 places a duty on Councils to investigate the circumstances of adults who, because of a disability, health condition or illness are unable to safeguard themselves from harm. Public partner agencies, including the NHS have...

...Michael Preston-Shoot; Sally Cornish Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the findings from research into the outcomes of adult protection in Scotland, with particular focus on how service users, family members and service delivery professionals perceive the effectiveness...

...Sally Cornish; Michael Preston-Shoot Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to report the findings from research into the governance of adult protection in Scotland, with particular focus on the outcomes of provision for multi-agency leadership and management of adult safeguarding in the Adult...

... Safeguarding Decision cues England Scotland As a further measure of the validity of the findings, the cues and categories were reviewed by the study Project Management Board, which included experts from the field of health and banking. This is a technique used to evaluate cue coverage (Kemp...

... in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach The article is based upon findings of a joint academic and practitioner qualitative research project that interviewed 29 social service practitioners across three local authorities. Findings The legislation was seen as positive, giving greater attention...

...Martin Campbell; James Hogg; Bridget Penhale; James Hogg; David May Purpose This paper aims to describe the development and evaluation of a resource for use by practitioners to self‐evaluate their policy and practice in relation to the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007. Design...

... in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on findings from the national evaluation of the test sites or pilots of self‐directed support in Scotland and interviews at two time points with adult protection leads in the test sites. These interview data are set in the context of Scottish...

...Kathryn Mackay Scotland now has three key statutes that provide a legal framework for the support and protection of adults at risk of harm: Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act (2000), Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act (2003) and Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act (2007...