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Professional Curiosity

• Notice when information or behaviour does not fit and link patterns across contacts.
• Curiosity should be respectful; do not treat it as investigation or prying.
• Requests for safe contact, repeated missed appointments and unusual proxy access are potential safeguarding indicators.

Disclosures

• Disclosures can be direct, partial, indirect or reported by someone else.
• Listen calmly, avoid leading questions and do not promise secrecy.
• Ask only enough to identify immediate danger, confirm safe contact and decide the correct escalation route.

Recording and Sharing

• Record the person’s exact words, the context, safe contact details, observations and actions taken.
• Separate facts from concerns so others can see why you acted.
• Share safeguarding information only through appropriate need-to-know routes.

Escalation

• Use safeguarding leads, clinicians, managers and urgent pathways as required.
• Challenge respectfully if a concern is minimised or no one accepts responsibility for the next step.
• Keep the concern visible until it has been accepted by the appropriate person or route.