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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Milton Keynes review

CSP: Milton Keynes Published: December 2022 Year of death: 2018 Extracted: 18 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 report identifies a lack of awareness of domestic abuse services, missed opportunities by professionals for early identification and intervention, and insufficient information sharing and risk assessment practices, particularly concerning perpetrators with a history of violence.

Extracted recommendations

18 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	All panel members to review their own responses to the three themes i.e. Raising Awareness, Training and Domestic Abuse referral pathways	Milton Keynes Community Safety Partnership
10	Training for Local Parish Councillors relating to safeguarding and personal protection	Milton Keynes Community Safety Partnership
11	Local Parish Councillors and those involved in visiting vulnerable families must have successfully completed the Disclosure and Barring Service process	Milton Keynes Community Safety Partnership
12	Develop and deliver training, for all staff regarding professional curiosity and coercive control.	Milton Keynes Community Safety Partnership
13	Uplift training of Domestic Abuse issues within Adult Social Care	Milton Keynes Adult Social Care
14	All agencies represented on the panel should ensure that there are suitable Information Sharing Agreements within all domestic abuse policies and strategies.	Milton Keynes Community Safety Partnership
15	All reports to Thames Valley Police, relating to domestic abuse, should be subject to thorough research, including PNC, PND and local databases	Thames Valley Police
16	The pathway of sharing intelligence and information between Thames Valley Police and the Probation Service staff needs to have concise lines of provenance and governance	Thames Valley Police \| Probation Service
17	The Probation/Community Rehabilitation Company to introduce a series of routine enquiries or questions in circumstances where supervision meetings are attended by both the perpetrator and their partner.	Probation Service
18	Procedures to share information legally and appropriately between housing officers and neighbourhood officers should be reviewed to ensure that risk to tenants can be assessed and protective measures taken where appropriate	Milton Keynes Council, Housing and Regeneration
2	Milton Keynes Urgent Care Service to review current safeguarding policy and strategy documents with a review to introducing a dedicated 'chapter' on Domestic Abuse.	Milton Keynes Urgent Care Service
3	The Domestic Abuse Strategic Delivery Group to review current activities by the service provider (MK ACT) and ensure support in uplifting their current profile-raising strategy across all partnership agencies.	Milton Keynes Community Safety Partnership
4	The UHFT should review current MK ACT activities and ensure that they are shared across all hospital sites, internet webpages and other avenues used to advertise UHFT services	University Hospital Foundation Trust
5	Develop a culture of 'Professional Curiosity' within frontline practitioners and line managers, through on-going training and internal publicity	Milton Keynes Community Safety Partnership
6	Encourage those who work within GP practices to ask Domestic Abuse screening/safety questions	Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes Clinical Commissioning Group
7	Develop and uplift the role of Domestic Abuse Champion	Milton Keynes Community Safety Partnership
8	All those being recruited in the role of Domestic Abuse Champion should be subject to DBS checks, prior to selection into the position	Milton Keynes Community Safety Partnership
9	Safer MK CSP should produce and initial training packages and provide a system of CPD for Domestic Abuse Champions	Safer MK CSP
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗