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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Bridgend review

CSP: Bridgend Published: December 2022 Year of death: 2015 Extracted: 3 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 concerns regarding the perpetrator's unaddressed alcohol and mental health issues, inconsistent engagement with support services, and missed opportunities by agencies to conduct comprehensive risk assessments, particularly concerning domestic abuse and the victim's vulnerability to coercive control and financial exploitation.

Extracted recommendations

3 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	Western Bay Substance Misuse Area Planning Board and treatment providers to ensure that domestic abuse questions are being asked and recorded as part of the assessment and care planning/review process.	Western Bay Substance Misuse Area Planning Board and treatment providers
2	Bridgend Community Safety Partnership Executive Group to take responsibility for coordinating the promotion of awareness raising around domestic abuse in all its forms within the community for victims and perpetrators and how to identify and report concerns of domestic abuse. Signposting victims and perpetrators for support and guidance.	Bridgend Community Safety Partnership Executive Group
3	The Chair of Bridgend Community Safety Partnership requests the Home Office for further clarification of paragraphs 99 and 100 of the new Home Office Guidance for the Conduct of Domestic Homicide Reviews December 2016, especially regarding the term ‘The Department of Health is clear that, where there is evidence to suggest that a person is responsible for the death of the victim their confidentiality should be set aside in the greater public interest’ and for the Home Office in conjunction with Medical Regulatory Bodies, the Department of Health and Welsh Government, to produce a sample template letter that could be used Nationally informing the perpetrators that their medical information is to be disclosed as well as advising health agencies of this process irrespective that permission has not been obtained from the perpetrator.	Home Office \| Medical Regulatory Bodies \| Department of Health \| Welsh Government
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗