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.

Source · Domestic Homicide Review

Basildon review

CSP: Basildon Published: April 2023 Extracted: 7 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 highlights missed opportunities by agencies to identify and respond to the perpetrator's abusive behaviours and mental health issues, and a lack of awareness of coercive control among the victim and professionals. It also notes challenges in information sharing and proactive support for young adults with recurring mental health needs.

Extracted recommendations

7 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to engage with the new Sexual Health Services provider to ensure that they are following the good practice developed by NELFT that has been highlighted in this review; if it is not in place, for action to be taken to establish new processes. To also work with all commissioned providers of sexual health services to ensure that training from relevant experts supports routine enquiry and that enquiry is conducted in the most safe and appropriate way.	Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
2	NHS England to share the findings from this Review, particularly drawing out the learning for General Practices (GP), with those practices that were involved in the case.	NHS England
3	Basildon Community Safety Partnership (CSP) to develop a project to work with local employers to improve awareness and responses to domestic abuse, including through workplace policies and training.	Basildon Community Safety Partnership
4	Changing Pathways to utilise the learning from this Review, and the knowledge gained through supporting the development of the Essex-wide awareness campaign to inform their own leaflets, posters and ways of advertising their service locally; to ensure that the information provided about services ‘speaks’ to young people.	Changing Pathways
5	Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Child and Adolescent Health Service to incorporate the development and implementation of safe and appropriate responses to young (potential) domestic abuse perpetrators within its service, with reference to the information provided by Respect.	Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Child and Adolescent Health Service
6	New College Swindon to use the learning from this Review to: carry out (or commission) training for staff to develop in depth understanding of domestic abuse and young people and ensure that they are able to provide safe and appropriate responses to suspected victims and perpetrators; and to ensure information is displayed and communicated to students about available support if they have concerns about their own relationship.	New College Swindon
7	New College Swindon to use the learning from this Review to take action to ensure that information received by college lecturers and other academic (non-pastoral) staff about students being in contact with support services is recorded.	New College Swindon
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗