Safeguarding
Use this guide to find information resources about safeguarding adults, children, and those with learning disabilities. In this guide you鈥檒l find books, reports, and journal articles.
Last updated:
18/06/2026
Key Resources
Care Quality Commission (2022) Safeguarding people.
Gov. UK (2005) Mental Capacity Act 2005, c. 9.
Health and Social Care Board: Northern Ireland Adult Safeguarding Partnership (2016) Adult safeguarding operational procedures. Belfast: RQIA
NHS England (2026) Safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk in the NHS. NHS UK
NHS Wales (no date) Governance e-Manual: Standard 2.7 Safeguarding children and safeguarding adults at risk.
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汤头条污料 (2024) Adult safeguarding: roles and competencies for health care staff. London: RCN.
汤头条污料 (2023) Female genital mutilation. RCN guidance for sexual health care. London: RCN.
汤头条污料 (2020) Guidance for nurses and midwives to support those affected by domestic abuse. London: RCN.
汤头条污料 (2023) Modern slavery and trafficking. London: RCN.
Clinical resources on RCN Learn
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (Intercollegiate document) (2025) Safeguarding children and young people & children and young people in care: Competencies for health care staff.
Welsh Government (2012) (updated 2026) Safeguarding guidance.
Additional Resources
Administration for Children and Families (USA) Resources screening tool for victims of human trafficking.
Chisolm鈥怱traker M, Singer E, Strong D, Loo G T, Rothman E F, Clesca C, d’Etienne J, Alanis N and Richardson L D (2021) Validation of a screening tool for labor and sex trafficking among emergency department patients, JACEP Open, 2(5), p. e12558.
Books
Anka A, Thacker H, Penhale B, Lloyd-Smith W and Booth B (2025) Professional Curiosity in Safeguarding Adults. 1st edn. London: Routledge.
Barber P et al (2023) Mental health law in England and Wales: a guide for mental health professionals. London: Learning Matters.
Bond E and Phippen A (2022) Safeguarding adults online: perspectives on rights to participation. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Burton S and Reid J (2018) Safeguarding and protecting children in the early years. London: Routledge. Taylor & Francis.
Frost N (2021) Safeguarding children and young people: a guide for professionals working together. London: Sage.
Holmes D (ed.) (2022) Safeguarding young people: risk, rights, resilience and relationships, Jessica Kingsley: London.
Keeling J and Goosey D (2021) Safeguarding across the life span, SAGE: London.
Northway R and Hopes P (2022) Learning disability 汤头条污料: developing professional practice. St Albans: Critical Publishing.
Spreadbury K and Hubbard R (2020) The adult safeguarding practice handbook. Bristol: Policy Press.
Starns B (2019) Safeguarding adults together under the Care Act 2014: a multi-agency practice guide. St Albans: Critical Publishing.
Wate R and Boulton N (2019) Multi agency safeguarding in a public protection world: a handbook for protecting children and vulnerable adults. 2nd edn. Shoreham by Sea: Pavilion. Book subject searches
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Journal articles
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Lee Kattenhorn
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