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  Care Bill - New Clause 27 - New Offence Relating to Abuse and Neglect of Those Receiving Care
  
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  @ MP voted no against making it an offence for care providers to manage or organise their activities in a manner leading to, or creating the possibility of, abuse or neglect occurring; and also against requiring care providers to investigate and report suspected risks of, or actual, abuse or neglect of those in their care.
  
  @ MP voted aye to make it an offence for care providers to manage or organise their activities in a manner leading to, or creating the possibility of, abuse or neglect occurring; and also to require care providers to investigate and report suspected risks of, or actual, abuse or neglect of those in their care.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against making it an offence for care providers to manage or organise their activities in a manner leading to, or creating the possibility of, abuse or neglect occurring. The majority of MPs also voted against requiring care providers to investigate and report suspected risks of, or actual, abuse or neglect of those in their care.
  
  MPs were considering the Care Bill[1]. The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was:
  
  :(1) This section applies where a person registered under [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/14/part/1/chapter/2 Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008] (a âregistered care providerâ) in respect of the carrying on of a regulated activity (within the meaning of that Part) has reasonable cause to suspect that an adult in their care is experiencing, or at risk of, abuse and neglect.
  
  :(2) The registered care provider must make (or cause to be made) whatever enquiries it thinks necessary to enable it to decide whether any action should be taken in the adultâs case and, if so, what and by whom.
  
  :(3) Where abuse or neglect is suspected, the registered care provider is responsible for informing the Safeguarding Adults Board in its area and commits an offence if (without reasonable cause) it fails to do so.
  
  :(4) A registered care provider is guilty of an offence if the way in which its activities are managed or organised by its board or senior management neglects, or is a substantial element in, the existence and or possibility of abuse or neglect occurring.
  
  :(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, the range of which will be specified by regulations, or to both.â.
  
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/care.html Parliament's webpage on the Care Bill]
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