You are not, any of you, my mother: what happened to the safeguarding power of entry?
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to consider the recent consultation on a new safeguarding power of entry and seeks to provide a critique of the government's conclusions in that regard.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper analyses the report of the consultation exercise and sets it against those of earlier, comparable ones.
Findings
The government's conclusions were supported by only a minority of respondents. A majority of respondents, and an overwhelming majority of health and social care professionals, came to a very different conclusion.
Originality/value
This is believed to be the first time the government's conclusions have been analysed in this way or placed in their present context.
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Citation
Hewitt, D. (2014), "You are not, any of you, my mother: what happened to the safeguarding power of entry?", The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 16 No. 1, pp. 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-09-2013-0040
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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