Appendix A. Issue checklist and chronology

A.1 One-page conference checklist

  • Client objectives: remain at home; safe care; no coerced or sexualised exchange; night response; accessible communication.
  • Immediate risk: physical emergency, self-harm risk, perpetrator access, absence of support.
  • Decision challenged: assessment, eligibility, plan, personal budget, review refusal, safeguarding response.
  • Time: date of decision; complaint stage; urgency; potential judicial-review limit.
  • Evidence: care records, medical letters, incident diary, messages, rotas, witness statements, financial records.
  • Public-law grounds: statutory misdirection, failure of enquiry, irrelevant assumption of informal care, inadequate reasons, irrationality, procedural unfairness, equality duty, Convention rights.
  • Parallel routes: safeguarding, police, modern-slavery report, NHS escalation, advocacy.
  • Remedy sought: interim safety, reassessment, revised plan, written reasons, investigation, communication adjustments.
  • A.2 Chronology template

    Date/timeEvent or symptomSupport availableConsequenceRecord/witness