Practice Consultancy & Development Programmes

Policy Development Work

Evaluating the Implementation of No Secrets

Launched in March 2000 by the Department of Health this policy document requires social services departments to produce guidelines on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse. It is addressed to health and social care service agencies as well as appropriate criminal justice agencies. Salomons in collaboration with King’s College, London and University of Wolverhampton, each with extensive experience of research in adult abuse, have been funded by the Nuffield Foundation to collaborate in carrying out an evaluation of the implementation of No Secrets.

Following a comprehensive survey members of the research team are visiting ten key sites collecting data using a variety of methods, including interviews with key personnel, and an examination of relevant documents. A report will be written together with a ‘findings’ summary.

‘No Secrets’ can be downloaded from the address below:

www.doh.gov.uk/scg/nosecrets.htm