Herbert Protocol
The Herbert Protocol was developed by Norfolk Police and encourages carers to compile useful information which could be used in the event of a vulnerable person going missing. Carers, family members and friends can complete the form in advance, recording all vital details, such as medication required, mobile numbers, places previously located, a photograph etc. In the event of your family member or friend going missing, the form can easily be handed to the police to reduce the time taken in gathering this information. This form can be completed online or printed off Healthier North Walsham website and filled in manually. If someone goes missing and their whereabouts cannot be established, you MUST call the police on 999 even if you haven’t completed a Herbert Protocol.
We are proud to launch this Herbert Protocol animation on Friday September 20th, to link with World Alzheimer’s Day on the 21st, at the care home where Herbert lived and the protocol came to life.
CC Animations have helped us to create a very human and positive story about someone living with dementia who needed additional support from his community to keep safe. We also thank the various multi-agency colleagues who helped to ‘sense check’ the material as it was being developed, and of course Steve and Lorraine, the owners of the home without whom none of this would exist.
Herbert himself had no family and died a couple of years after the protocol had been developed. But with this animation we hope his memory will go on.