Adult safeguarding referrals 2019–2021 (Health Service Executive, 2020, 2021, 2022)
| Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of referrals | 11,929 | 10,216* | 11,640 |
| Referral group | Social care: 81.12% | Social care: 78.49% | Social care: 82.60 |
| Primary care: 14.40% | Primary care: 15.91% | Primary care: 10.40% | |
| Other 2.23% | Other: 4.35% | Others: 5.10 | |
| Acute hospitals: 1.70% | Acute hospitals: 1.06% | Acute hospitals: 1.40% | |
| Mental Health: 0.43% | Mental Health: 0.08% | Mental Health: 0.40% | |
| Health and Well-being: 0.09% | Health and well-being: 0.01% | Health and Well-being: 0.10% | |
| Tusla: 0.03% | Tusla: 0.01% | Tusla 0% | |
| Person of concern | Other service user/peer: 58% | Other service user/peer: 53% | Other service user/peer: 54% |
| Immediate family member: 20% | Immediate family member: 22% | Immediate family member: 22% | |
| Staff: 13% | Staff: 17% | Staff: 17% | |
| Other relative: 5% Stranger: 2% Neighbour/friend: 2% | Other relative: 3% | Other relative: 3% | |
| Volunteer: 0.1% | Stranger: 2% | Stranger: 2% | |
| Neighbour/friend: 3% | Neighbour/friend: 3% | ||
| Abuse types | Physical: 40% | Physical 33% | Physical: 30% |
| Sexual: 5% | Sexual 4% | Sexual: 4% | |
| Psychological: 33% | Psychological 40% | Psychological: 43% | |
| Financial: 10% | Financial 10% | Financial: 9% | |
| Neglect: 8% | Neglect 9% | Neglect: 8% | |
| Discriminatory: 0% | Discriminatory 0% | Discriminatory: 0% | |
| Institutional: 1% | Institutional: 2% | Institutional: 2% | |
| Self-Neglect: 3% | Self-Neglect 3% | Self-Neglect 4% |
| Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of referrals | 11,929 | 10,216* | 11,640 |
| Referral group | Social care: 81.12% | Social care: 78.49% | Social care: 82.60 |
| Primary care: 14.40% | Primary care: 15.91% | Primary care: 10.40% | |
| Other 2.23% | Other: 4.35% | Others: 5.10 | |
| Acute hospitals: 1.70% | Acute hospitals: 1.06% | Acute hospitals: 1.40% | |
| Mental Health: 0.43% | Mental Health: 0.08% | Mental Health: 0.40% | |
| Health and Well-being: 0.09% | Health and well-being: 0.01% | Health and Well-being: 0.10% | |
| Tusla: 0.03% | Tusla: 0.01% | Tusla 0% | |
| Person of concern | Other service user/peer: 58% | Other service user/peer: 53% | Other service user/peer: 54% |
| Immediate family member: 20% | Immediate family member: 22% | Immediate family member: 22% | |
| Staff: 13% | Staff: 17% | Staff: 17% | |
| Other relative: 5% Stranger: 2% Neighbour/friend: 2% | Other relative: 3% | Other relative: 3% | |
| Volunteer: 0.1% | Stranger: 2% | Stranger: 2% | |
| Neighbour/friend: 3% | Neighbour/friend: 3% | ||
| Abuse types | Physical: 40% | Physical 33% | Physical: 30% |
| Sexual: 5% | Sexual 4% | Sexual: 4% | |
| Psychological: 33% | Psychological 40% | Psychological: 43% | |
| Financial: 10% | Financial 10% | Financial: 9% | |
| Neglect: 8% | Neglect 9% | Neglect: 8% | |
| Discriminatory: 0% | Discriminatory 0% | Discriminatory: 0% | |
| Institutional: 1% | Institutional: 2% | Institutional: 2% | |
| Self-Neglect: 3% | Self-Neglect 3% | Self-Neglect 4% |
Notes:
*The annual report for 2020 noted a backlog of reporting cases; thus, the outstanding cases (n = 358) were noted in the 2021 report
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