Lily, 2025

The Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership (KBSP) has today (13^th January 2025) published a Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) which was commissioned following the death of Lily (pseudonym) in March 2021. The Partnership wishes to extend their sympathy to anyone affected by Lily’s death and thank those who have contributed to this review.

Read the Safeguarding Adults Review Report here:

Lily SAR Overview Report

A response to the SAR has been provided by the KBSP:

Lily SAR KBSP Response

It is important that lessons are learned from Safeguarding Adult Reviews. A learning briefing has been created for professionals to use in individual learning, team meeting briefings or individual supervision to ensure that the findings are disseminated widely:

Lily SAR Professionals Learning Brief

If you’ve been impacted by this review or you know someone who is struggling, please reach out for help. There are many local and national support services that can help you:

• VitaMinds is a free mental health service. You do not need to visit your GP to get help from VitaMinds. Call 0333 200 1893 or self-refer online.
• Spring of Hope Women’s Shelter offers short term support and refuge to women in Bristol, who are homeless and vulnerable. The Spring of Hope accepts self-referrals. This means you can turn up without help from an agency.
• Shelter also offers advice and support services that offer 1:1 personalised help with housing issues. Contact number: 0330 175 5121