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6. REPORTING
Section 46
56. Section 46 states that:
The convener of an Adult Protection Committee must, as soon as practical after such date as the council may direct biennially-
(a) prepare a general report on the exercise of the Committee's functions during the 2 years ending on that date, and
(b) after securing the Committee's approval of the report, send a copy of it to-
(i) each of the public bodies and office-holders represented on the Adult Protection Committee by virtue of section 43(4),
(ii) the Scottish Ministers,
(iii) the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland,
(iv) the Public Guardian,
(v) the Care Commission (where it not represented on the Committee), and
(vi) any other public body or office-holder as the Scottish Ministers may by order specify.
Biennial Report
57. The Act requires the convener of the APC to produce a biennial report on a date directed by the council, for approval by the Committee. The Scottish Ministers expect APC's to be established by October 2008. The expectation is that APCs will produce their first biennial reports two years from this commencement date.
58. The contents of the biennial report should analyse, review and comment on APC functions. The report is therefore likely to address:
- management information on activity, trends, inputs and outcomes in relation to the protection of adults at risk;
- details of support provided;
- the use of protection orders;
- public information;
- the management of services and staff;
- communication and cooperation between agencies;
- workforce issues; and
- progress with training.
59. The report may summarise the work of the APC, analyse achievements,d, identify current issues with services, practice and performance, and set out the required improvements and proposals for the APC programme for the next two year period.
60. In addition, if the council and its local partners have established a terms of reference for APCs, which go beyond the requirements of the legislation, they may expect the report to deal with the other matters, set out in this terms of reference.
61. The Committee convener should send a copy of the final report to the NHS Board, the Chief Constable, the Care Commission, the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, the Public Guardian, and the Scottish Ministers.
62. APC's will also want to consider to how they make the findings set out in the convener's report more widely available within the agencies represented on the Committee, to other agencies with a role and responsibilities for the support and protection of adults at risk, to service users and carers and to the general public. APCs will therefore want to consider the issue of publication, and the formats in which the report findings are made available.
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