National Adult Support and Protection Co-ordinator

Financial harm affecting older adults: Information and comms pack

This comms and information pack accompanies the theme of ASPire 2025, financial harm affecting older adults. It links with the video designed to raise awareness of the issue. The main comms pack contains ideas for social media posts related to financial harm, useful numbers for the public, images that can be used on local information and Zoom / Teams background templates.

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ASPire 2025: Financial harm affecting older adults (webinar)

This is an ASPire webinar from February 2025. Its theme is financial harm affecting older adults. It has sessions on multi-agency shared learning from the outcome of the McCulloch Brothers Review (Highland), financial harm, adult Protection and decision-making (Dr Melanie Durowse), and explaining the role of the Office of the Public Guardian in relation to financial harm affecting older adults (Fiona Brown). Slides for selected sessions are also attached.

Seven-minute briefing: Adult Support and Protection for GPs, primary care and other health staff

This seven-minute briefing is a primer for all staff working in health on Adult Support and Protection in Scotland. Key information on the responsibilities of health staff, the legal framework of ASP, information sharing, and health leadership is included. There are also links to further learning and guidance.

The briefing supports the RCGP safeguarding standards for general practice.

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ASPire 2024: Self-evaluation (webinar)

This is an ASPire webinar from November 2024. Its theme is self-evaluation and it has sessions from Ann-Marie Bruce (Chair of the national sub-group on self-evaluation), the Care Inspectorate (on the Quality Improvement Framework for Adult Support and Protection), Ronan Burke (on self-evaluation and hoarding), East Ayrshire Advocacy (on the ASP Lived Experience project) and Kenny O'Brien (on the NHS Public Protection Accountability and Assurance Framework).

National Adult Support and Protection Co-ordinator (website)

The National Adult Support and Protection Co-ordinator (NASPC) for Scotland is committed to making ASP work better for people and practitioners. This website is regularly updated with ASP news, useful resources, and blogs on all aspects of ASP in Scotland. There is also a link to sign up to the NASPC newsletter.

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The ASPire Hub is a place for everyone working in Adult Support and Protection in Scotland to access and share resources. It is regularly updated and we welcome feedback and new additions!