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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Tower Hamlets review

CSP: Tower Hamlets Published: December 2022 Year of death: 2019 Extracted: 14 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 identifies missed opportunities by agencies to identify the perpetrator's escalating mental health and substance misuse issues, and the victim's role as a carer. Fragmented information sharing and a lack of professional curiosity across emergency services, health, and housing contributed to a failure to assess vulnerability and provide timely support.

Extracted recommendations

14 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	The Home Office to review funding arrangements for the provision of specialist and expert advocacy for the families of victims who reside outside of the UK.	Home Office
10	All recommendations to be added to the Multi-Agency Recommendations Action Plan”.	MTVH
11	The MO12 Senior Leadership Team (SLT90) task the Continuous Policing Improvement Command (CPIC) to review the policies and procedures whereby callers to MO12 MPS Contact Centre are recorded as having perceived vulnerabilities but no ACN or MERLIN record is completed. This is in order to ensure that sufficient safeguarding measures are taken in these circumstances”.	Metropolitan Police Service
12	The North East SLT reinforce the requirement for all staff: • To understand the Vulnerability and protection of adults at risk policy; • To understand the VAF; and • To complete ACN Merlin reports where they have identified vulnerability whether they are a victim, witness, suspect or member of the public they have encountered using VAF”.	Metropolitan Police Service
13	The Central East BCU91 SLT reinforce the requirement for all staff: • To understand the Vulnerability and protection of adults at risk policy; • To understand the VAF; and • To complete ACN Merlin reports where they have identified vulnerability whether they are a victim, witness, suspect or member of the public they have encountered using VAF”.	Metropolitan Police Service
14	That METRO Charity staff and volunteers are provided with training on the intersection of culture, faith, sexual orientation, gender and family, particularly those who are in mentoring and counselling roles”.	METRO Charity
2	The Tower Hamlets CSP to write to the professional services company to share the findings of the DHR. In writing this letter, the Tower Hamlets CSP should express their disappointment at the professional services company’s failure to participate in the DHR and request they review their procedures to ensure they can participate in DHRs in the future.	Tower Hamlets CSP
3	The Home Office to engage with the Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence and the Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse to review the effectiveness of existing guidance and support for employers in order to promote involvement in DHRs.	Home Office
4	The processes for Intermediate Market Rent Tenancy sign-ups to be reviewed. The Review to ensure that our internal and external checks include identification of multiple tenancies and subletting. This action to be added to MTVH’s Operational Risk Register”.	MTVH
5	The Sustainability and Vulnerabilities Questionnaire will be included as part of the standard operating procedure for all new tenancies”.	MTVH
6	A Learning from Experience case study to be prepared and shared through reflective practice sessions. This will include a refresher in tenancy management for sublets; reporting compliance for violent & unexplained deaths; Safeguarding emphasis on professional curiosity with focus on debt, financial hardship and related vulnerabilities”.	MTVH
7	Operational team meetings to have an item on required reporting compliance for violent & unexplained deaths”.	MTVH
8	Briefing on violence between siblings and inter-generational conflicts in the context of domestic abuse, to be added as good practice in our DA training content”.	MTVH
9	Information about the availability of structured & clinical supervision to support colleagues who experience traumatic events at work, to be publicised as part of the Employee Assistance Programme”.	MTVH
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗