Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults

Contact details for safeguarding are found here: https://essex-loc.org/safeguarding-contacts/

NHS England has produced the following pages on safeguarding: Safeguarding and the NHS App
The GOC has guidance on Care of patients in vulnerable circumstances
Members of the AOP and FODO can access a suite of Safeguarding documentation. Log in to your members area to access this.
Quality in Optometry have a draft policy document for all practices
The Optical Confederation also produced a document which many optical organisations like DOCET & QiO still reference. This can be useful for support staff training.
Optometrists can access the DOCET Safeguarding Modules at: Safeguarding Adults for Optometrists Level 2 (2025)
Dispensing Opticians can access the ABDO Safeguarding Modules at: Safeguarding – ABDO
7 Minute Briefing on Domestic Abuse – 2023

The Royal College of General Practitioners offer extensive resources about safeguarding. Including adult safeguarding toolkit at https://www.rcgp.org.uk/clinical-and-research/resources/toolkits/adult-safeguarding-toolkit.aspx

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