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HSC 2000/007: No secrets - guidance on developing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse

The Government wishes to improve the arrangements for dealing with incidents of adult abuse. In September 1999 the Department of Health issued a consultative draft copy of 'No Secrets' for comment. We now enclose copies of the final, published document. This is the product of a multi-agency steering group led by the Department of Health, with the full co-operation of the Home Office, the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Association of Directors of Social Services, the voluntary sector and academic bodies. The aim of 'No Secrets' is to ensure that key local agencies, particularly but not solely health, social services and the police, are able to work together to protect vulnerable adults from abuse, by developing local multi-agency policies and procedures.