This document is intended to offer guidance to practitioners and organisations in making decisions about safeguarding adults, but it is acknowledged that at times there may be incidents where decision-making is not straightforward and professional judgement is always also required. In all cases the reasons for the decision to raise and or progress a safeguarding concern should be clearly recorded.

This Guidance has been developed to compliment organisations own internal incident/risk management procedures. When a Safeguarding Adult Concern is identified, and a decision has been made that it does not require a safeguarding response it should be considered through the organisation's internal incident/risk management procedures, recorded and reported using the correct process. This will ensure that appropriate action is taken; internal learning is captured and shared to prevent reoccurrence of the incident and prevent escalation of the incident resulting in abuse or neglect.