The number of reported adult safeguarding concerns in Gateshead has reached a five-year high.
Of these 1,720 reports, 27%, or 476 cases, have resulted in further action from the council known as an S42 inquiry. An S42 enquiry, from the Care Act 2014, legally binds a council to investigate a claim of neglect or abuse and intervene.
76% of these reports concern people aged 65 and over. The most common concern was recorded as neglect at 41% of all council interventions.
