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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Bedford review

CSP: Bedford Published: December 2022 Year of death: 2018 Extracted: 17 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

Agencies missed opportunities to identify and assess domestic abuse risks for the victim and perpetrator, particularly concerning male victims and older individuals. There were inconsistencies in information sharing, internal processes, and training on counter-allegations and alcohol misuse.

Extracted recommendations

17 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	The Ministry of Justice to develop guidance for prisons in relation to their role in the DHR process, including the pro-active steps they should take to enable engagement with perpetrators.	Ministry of Justice
10	The SAB to develop guidance on raising concerns about abuse and neglect.	Safeguarding Adults Board
11	The SAB to audit local referral pathways for adults who are victims of domestic abuse, and for whom there may be vulnerability or safeguarding concerns, to ensure these offer a robust response regardless of whether someone meets the level for statutory intervention.	Safeguarding Adults Board
12	Within the Better Care Fund Plan for Central Bedfordshire, the Bedfordshire CCG and CBC review funding for local HIDVA services to ensure that there is a consistent and equitable service offer.	Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group \| Central Bedfordshire Council
13	Bedfordshire CCG to work with GPs to evaluate the impact of the changes to the discharge notifications from local hospitals and ensure that this GPs take follow up action if required.	Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
14	Public Health Commissioners to develop a programme to raise awareness of best practice in relation to the identification and offer of brief advice by local services in relation to alcohol use.	Public Health Commissioners
15	The Pan Bedfordshire Learning Academy to review the current training available in relation to male victims of domestic abuse and ensure that: (a) Key messages are integrated across all introductory training (b) Staff can access intermediary and advanced level training.	Pan Bedfordshire Learning Academy
16	The Pan Bedfordshire Learning Academy to ensure that domestic abuse training content addresses typologies of domestic violence and abuse.	Pan Bedfordshire Learning Academy
17	The Pan Bedfordshire Learning Academy to review the current training available locally and ensure it addresses the identification, management and assessment of counter-allegations. This should include integrating key messages across training content and also developing bespoke training content.	Pan Bedfordshire Learning Academy
2	The CSP to work with partners in the BDAP to agree on a mechanism for collating and sharing findings and recommendations systematically from local DHRs.	Central Bedfordshire Community Safety Partnership \| Bedfordshire Domestic Abuse Partnership
3	The Corporate Domestic Abuse Board to ensure that its review of CBC’s Domestic Abuse Strategy takes a gender informed approach, and that the revised strategy identifies the specific actions that will be taken, proportionally to need, to support male victims.	Corporate Domestic Abuse Board
4	The CSP should review existing strategic arrangements with local partners to ensure that these can support a robust multi-agency CCR locally.	Central Bedfordshire Community Safety Partnership
5	CBC Children Services to ensure that the ‘get help’ section of the BDAP website is reviewed to make it more easily navigable.	Central Bedfordshire Council Children Services
6	The CSP and the relevant commissioners to work with Victim Support and the Signpost Hub to develop shared policy, procedure and training for the identification, management and assessment of counter-allegations across domestic abuse services locally.	Central Bedfordshire Community Safety Partnership \| Victim Support \| Signpost Hub
7	The Corporate Domestic Abuse Board to ensure that its review of CBC’s Domestic Abuse Strategy identifies the specific actions that will be taken to support older victims.	Corporate Domestic Abuse Board
8	Bedfordshire Police to ensure there is a consistent and robust process for the subversion all of domestic abuse incidents / crimes, with this supported by a training package that ensures that police officers and their supervisors are confident in the use of risk tools.	Bedfordshire Police
9	Bedfordshire Police to audit the timeframes for referrals made at periods of peak demands and identify mitigating actions to ensure prompt onward referral to partner agencies.	Bedfordshire Police
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗