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Safeguarding

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From:

NICE Guideline NG214 - Integrated health and social care for people experiencing homelessness

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

The collective responsibility and process to protect the health, wellbeing and human rights of people at risk, enabling them to live safely, free from harm, abuse and neglect. See also the Think Local, Act Personal's Care and Support Jargon Buster definition for safeguarding.

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