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Editorial Following the Bichard Inquiry, the UK Mainstreaming Gender and Women’s Mental Parliament has decided to enhance the Health (DoH, 2002) in relation to women’s protection of vulnerable adults with new safety in inpatient settings. Whilst this article legislation entitled the Safeguarding was out for review the National Patient Safety Vulnerable Groups Bill [HL] (Her Majesty’s Agency published With Safety in Mind: Government, 2004). This will amalgamate Mental Health Services and Patient Safety. the POVA list, List 99 and the POCA list. In This report documents 19 allegations of rape, this issue of The Journal of Adult Protection, with eight patient perpetrators and 11 staff. Manthorpe and Stevens report their analysis Further allegations of the implications of the POVA banning list, include exposure, utilising data from the first 100 cases referred sexual advances, to the POVA list. Their data suggests that four touching and other key themes are found – first, establishing incidents. It is misconduct, second, seriousness of therefore vital that the misconduct, third, interpreting the analysis provided by significance of events and finally, the concept Copperman and of mitigation. These are areas in which a Knowles is used to discussion amongst adult protection challenge the policy of colleagues might help to generate at least a mixed gender wards. sense of ‘consensus’, as we continue to Fraser’s paper develop our practises. offers an interesting discussion suggesting The second article in this edition that psychological therapies with victims and overviews an extremely disturbing area of perpetrators is limited in a UK context. concern – the vulnerability of women in Parsons provides an analysis of the different mental health services. Numerous reports types of service delivery models that already have pointed to the potential for abuse within exist and are emerging in adult protection psychiatric services. The Independent on across the UK. Sunday reported investigations into Ashworth Hospital and Broadmoor in 2003 into Paul Kingston allegations of abuse of women. References Department of Health (2002) Women’s Mental Health: Into the mainstream. Strategic development of mental health care for women. London: Department of Health. Her Majesty’s Government (2004) The Bichard Enquiry Report. London: The Stationery Office. National Patient Safety Agency (2006) With Safety in Mind: Mental health services and patient safety. London: National Patient Safety Agency. Available from: http://www.npsa.nhs. uk/site/media/documents/1846_FINAL.PSO2_MENTALHE ALTH.pdf Copperman and Knowles offer a wide- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill. Available from: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldbills ranging analysis of the policy derived from /079/en/06079x--.htm 2 © Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) Limited The Journal of Adult Protection Volume 8 Issue 2 • August 2006 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Adult Protection Emerald Publishing

Editorial

Kingston, Paul
The Journal of Adult Protection , Volume 8 (2): 1 – Aug 1, 2006
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Following the Bichard Inquiry, the UK Mainstreaming Gender and Women’s Mental Parliament has decided to enhance the Health (DoH, 2002) in relation to women’s protection of vulnerable adults with new safety in inpatient settings. Whilst this article legislation entitled the Safeguarding was out for review the National Patient Safety Vulnerable Groups Bill [HL] (Her Majesty’s Agency published With Safety in Mind: Government, 2004). This will amalgamate Mental Health Services and Patient Safety. the POVA list, List 99 and the POCA list. In This report documents 19 allegations of rape, this issue of The Journal of Adult Protection, with eight patient perpetrators and 11 staff. Manthorpe and Stevens report their analysis Further allegations of the implications of the POVA banning list, include exposure, utilising data from the first 100 cases referred sexual advances, to the POVA list. Their data suggests that four touching and other key themes are found – first, establishing incidents. It is misconduct, second, seriousness of therefore vital that the misconduct, third, interpreting the analysis provided by significance of events and finally, the concept Copperman and of mitigation. These are areas in which a Knowles is used to discussion amongst adult protection challenge the policy of colleagues might help to generate at least a mixed gender wards. sense of ‘consensus’, as we continue to Fraser’s paper develop our practises. offers an interesting discussion suggesting The second article in this edition that psychological therapies with victims and overviews an extremely disturbing area of perpetrators is limited in a UK context. concern – the vulnerability of women in Parsons provides an analysis of the different mental health services. Numerous reports types of service delivery models that already have pointed to the potential for abuse within exist and are emerging in adult protection psychiatric services. The Independent on across the UK. Sunday reported investigations into Ashworth Hospital and Broadmoor in 2003 into Paul Kingston allegations of abuse of women. References Department of Health (2002) Women’s Mental Health: Into the mainstream. Strategic development of mental health care for women. London: Department of Health. Her Majesty’s Government (2004) The Bichard Enquiry Report. London: The Stationery Office. National Patient Safety Agency (2006) With Safety in Mind: Mental health services and patient safety. London: National Patient Safety Agency. Available from: http://www.npsa.nhs. uk/site/media/documents/1846_FINAL.PSO2_MENTALHE ALTH.pdf Copperman and Knowles offer a wide- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill. Available from: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldbills ranging analysis of the policy derived from /079/en/06079x--.htm 2 © Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) Limited The Journal of Adult Protection Volume 8 Issue 2 • August 2006

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