Consultation on Proposed Amendments to the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland 2012 Regulations

Overview

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to essential maintenance, this website will be unavailable from 7am on Thursday 11th to 9am on Friday 12th November. As a result, the consultation period has been extended to 11.59pm on Monday 15th November. We apologise for any inconvenience. You can always complete and return the consultation questionnaire and return it to fcpdadmin@health-ni.gov.uk during the website's downtime.

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The Department of Health is seeking your views on amendments we are proposing to make to the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (Membership, Procedure, Functions and Committee) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (the 2012 Regulations).

The key aim of these amendments is to enable the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (SBNI) to function with even greater efficiency and effectiveness.

The Department is proposing to amend the 2012 Regulations in relation to the following:

• Quoracy in SBNI meetings and proceedings;
• Criteria for, and learning from, Case Management Reviews;
• Staffing and corporate hosting;
• Local council membership of the SBNI.

You can offer your views via answering the questionnaire here on our consultation pages, by downloading the attached consultation document and returning to fcpdadmin@health-ni.gov.uk or, in hard copy, the address given in the document. You can also request a hard copy from fcpdadmin@health-ni.gov.uk.

What happens next

UPDATE: Please note that the consultation period has been extended to 11.59pm on Monday 15th November 2021 to account for website downtime between Thursday 11th and Friday 12th November.

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The consultation period closes on Thursday 11th November 2021 at 11.59pm. After this, the Department will collate and analyse the responses and consider any issues raised.