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Paediatric safeguarding — DIPIMC MCQ

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A capacitous older adult reports that a relative controls their money and withholds food. The relative insists on answering every question and refuses private assessment. What should the clinician do?

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Correct answer: D — Interview the patient privately, document and activate safeguarding

The best answer is “Interview the patient privately, document and activate safeguarding”. Financial abuse and neglect fall within adult safeguarding. Seek a safe private conversation, assess immediate risk and decision-making capacity, record the person’s words and objective findings, and share proportionate information through the local safeguarding pathway. Person-centred action respects the adult’s wishes where possible, but absolute confidentiality cannot be promised when serious risk or duties to others require information sharing.

Reference: Care and Support Statutory Guidance, safeguarding: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-statutory-guidance/care-and-support-statutory-guidance