About this page. This page summarises a Domestic Homicide Review published in the Home Office DHR Library. The full report is available at the source link below. Victim and perpetrator names are not included in extracted summaries on this page.

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Cheshire West and Chester review

CSP: Cheshire West and Chester Published: December 2022 Year of death: 2018 Extracted: 9 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

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Summary

The review identified that police did not recognise domestic abuse when the victim reported concerns about the perpetrator. Health professionals failed to triangulate information from the perpetrator with family or other agencies, potentially impacting risk assessments. There was also a lack of signposting for the family to support services for substance misuse.

Extracted recommendations

9 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	The Domestic Abuse Partnership to reassure the CSP that learning from this review has been disseminated and that domestic abuse training recognises that parents can be victims. The Home Office information on Adult to Parent Violence should be referenced.	Cheshire West and Chester Community Safety Partnership
2	Statutory partners to assure the CSP that Professionals seek to triangulate information which may help them to inform a more holistic assessment of a patient/client which is inclusive of information available from family and partner agencies.	Cheshire West and Chester Community Safety Partnership
3	Statutory partners to reassure the CSP that where appropriate and possible agencies should signpost relatives of those who misuse drugs and or alcohol to appropriate support, for example Alanon.	Cheshire West and Chester Community Safety Partnership
4	Update Countess of Chester Hospital (COCH)Domestic Abuse Policy to reflect learning from this case	Countess of Chester Hospital
5	Anonymised case study for learning from this and include in training training as part of a full case for in-house Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse training.	Countess of Chester Hospital
6	Cheshire Police (Cheshire and National wide) Probation Service to work together to ensure the provision of call out information (VPA) to inform Court reports	Cheshire Constabulary \| National Probation Service
7	Training regarding risk assessment and management to be reviewed to ensure the learning is embedded into practice.	Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
8	Managers to inform staff of the importance of including information of significant others details within the patient record and to complete a dip sample audit to determine improved practice.	Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
9	To review the non-engagement processes for the service to ensure that a proactive approach to include significant others is taken.	Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗