The HIQA National Standards for Adult Safeguarding promote a consistent approach to preventing and responding to harm if it does occur. The national standards offer a common language to describe adult safeguarding in health and social care services and help people using services to understand what they should expect from a service that is committed to promoting their rights, health and wellbeing and protecting them from the risk of harm.

Our online Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults at Risk of Abuse course helps you and your team understand the various safeguarding risks that may be present, the types of abuse that can occur and how to identify abuse, reporting and responding to concerns or allegations of abuse including informed consent, and how to promote a positive culture of safeguarding in an organisation.