Just 2% of all safeguarding concerns are made by those who may have been abused, it has emerged. Safeguarding Ireland chairwoman Patricia Rickard Clarke said that almost all of the cases reported to the HSE are made by healthcare professionals and families. The HSE National Safeguarding Office is a member of Safeguarding Ireland and works with nine safeguarding and protection teams across the country that deal with people’s protection concerns. https://t.co/LQBEWMFIod pic.twitter.com/fAIvWfXhrZ— Safeguarding Ireland (@safeguardingire) January 23, 2019Of the 10,120 alleged abuse concerns reported to the office in 2017, physical abuse (37%) was the most common, following by psychological (29%), financial abuse (11%), and sexual abuse (9%). National Safeguarding Office general manager Tim Hanly said they wanted to raise public awareness of what abuse was and to know that people who may be suffering abuse could contact the service directlyIts website includes contact details for the nine regional HSE safeguarding and protection teams.

Source: Irish Examiner February 04, 2019 04:07 UTC