Under the Care Act 2014, the Board is responsible for the coordination of Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs). These reviews are commissioned where there has been an incident of serious harm or death involving a vulnerable adult. A multi-agency process, SARs aim to identify where agencies or individuals might have been able to act differently and this learning is implemented to try and prevent serious harm or death from happening again.

SARs in Lambeth will be published here:

SAR HIJ - SAR H, I and J was a thematic Safeguarding Adults Review examining three cases with shared characteristics, enabling learning about common risks, system responses and opportunities for improvement across agencies.

Themes: Self Neglect & Mental Health 

Mr A - was a Serious Case Review carried out before the introduction of the Care Act; we have shared this 7-minute briefing as we feel the learning is still relevant.

Themes including Mental Health and Homelessness

SAR D - themes including Self Neglect and Physical Health

SAR E - themes including Substance Misuse and Self Neglect

SAR Martin- themes including Substance Misuse and Self Neglect

SAR Yi - themes including Mental Health and Homelessness.  This SAR was undertaken jointly with Safeguarding Adult's Boards for Newham, Islington, Hackney and Lambeth

SAR G - themes including Learning Disability and Neglect

The Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) Subgroup sits under the Lambeth Safeguarding Adults Board (LSAB) and plays a key role in ensuring the Board meets its statutory duties under the Care Act 2014.

The subgroup oversees the identification, commissioning, and scrutiny of Safeguarding Adults Reviews where there are concerns about how agencies worked together to safeguard an adult who has died or experienced serious harm.

Its core focus is on learning and improvement. The subgroup brings partners together to review complex cases, identify what could be done differently, and ensure that learning is shared across agencies and leads to tangible change in practice.

Through this work, the subgroup strengthens multi-agency collaboration, promotes reflective learning, and helps drive improvements in how services work together to protect adults at risk in Lambeth.