Our commitment to safeguarding - Imperial College Health Partners

Our mission is to create healthier populations. We do this through providing expert support to our members, and others, across the health and care sector. Our work actively involves people with lived experiences – children and young people, patients, carers, families and public groups – so that they have opportunities to share their knowledge, experiences and views to shape and influence what we do to improve health and care in North West London and beyond.

Throughout the work of ICHP, the safety and wellbeing of children and adults at risk is a priority. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and we believe everyone has a duty to keep children and adults at risk safe.

Our safeguarding commitments

At ICHP we seek to keep children and adults at risk safe through:

Listening to and respecting all children and adults at risk
Building a culture that does not tolerate abuse or harm to the children and adults at risk that we work with
Having clear policies and procedures that ensures all safeguarding concerns are recognised, reported immediately and appropriate actions are taken
Ensuring ICHP staff understand their responsibility for safeguarding and follow procedures for reporting incidents
Ensuring children and adults at risk who work with us know who to contact for help if they have a safeguarding concern

Supporting documents

Child Safeguarding Policy

Adult Safeguarding Policy

Standard Operating Procedures to suport Child Safeguarding Policy

Standard Operating Procedures to support Adult Safeguarding Policy

Our policies outline the principles, commitments and processes that apply to everyone at ICHP who work with children and adults at risk, including staff, interns and other representatives. Our policies operate in conjunction with UK safeguarding legislation and guidance. Our policies were last reviewed in March 2024 and approved by Amy Darlington, Director and Safeguarding Lead, and are due for review in March 2026.

ICHP safeguarding contacts

If you have any questions relating to safeguarding and our policies, please contact the safeguarding team at safeguarding@imperialcollegehealthpartners.com.