Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Adults

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/097

Contact: Steven Turner, OSAB Business Manager

Report by Director of Adult Social Services (CA12)

CABINET is RECOMMENDED to

Note the findings of the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB) Annual Report 2024-25. It is a requirement of statutory guidance that this report is shared with the Local Authority hosting the Safeguarding Board in their area.

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a report summarising the work of the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB) and its partners over the course of the year 2024-25.

The report highlighted achievements in multi-agency collaboration, national recognition for homeless mortality reviews, and ongoing work to improve frontline practice and prevention. The board’s focus for the coming year included a formal risk register and continued partnership strengthening.

Councillor Tim Bearder, Cabinet Member for Adults, presented the report.

Jayne Chidgey- Clark, Independent Chair summarised the main points in the report and answered a number of questions.

Councillor Bearder moved, and Councillor Leffman seconded the recommendations, and they were approved.

RESOLVED to note the findings of the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB) Annual Report 2024-25. It is a requirement of statutory guidance that this report is shared with the Local Authority hosting the Safeguarding Board in their area.