In a care home context

Medicines-related safeguarding incidents in care homes include:

• Excessive use of sedatives
• Antipsychotic medicines being used to control behaviour
• Residents missing medicines frequently without being reviewed appropriately.

Safeguarding for people in care services will include:

• Protecting the rights of residents to live in safety, free from neglect and abuse
• People and organisations working together to prevent the risk of abuse or neglect, and to stop them from happening
• Making sure the wellbeing of residents is being promoted, taking their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs into consideration.

Different circumstances might lead you to identify a safeguarding issue. The incident might be identified through your own observations, or those of a carer, relative or other visiting member of the MDT who provides feedback or insights which would need investigating. Visit CQC for more information: cqc.org.uk/what-we-do/how-we-do-our-job/safeguarding-people.