Appendix 3: Acknowledgements

The following partners have contributed to the development of the procedural framework as members of South Tyneside Safeguarding Adults Board

• South Tyneside Council
• South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group
• Northumbria Police
• South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust
• Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
• Northumbria Community Rehabilitation Company
• Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Services
• Northumbria Probation Trust
• South Tyneside Homes
• North East Ambulance Service
• South Tyneside Community Safety Partnership

We wish to thank all of the individuals, statutory and non-statutory representatives and agencies whose expertise and time have made this document possible.  In particular we wish to thank the original author of the Pan-London procedures, Lorraine Stanforth, on which these procedures were first based.