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
Poole review
CSP: Poole
Published: April 2023
Year of death: 2015
Extracted: 6 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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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
The review identifies concerns regarding the management of transition from children's to adult services, challenges in assessing mental capacity in coercive relationships, and inadequate multi-agency risk assessment and information sharing, particularly between MARAC and adult safeguarding processes.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | That this report is shared with Dorset’s Local Safeguarding Children Board and their Safeguarding Adults Board so that the Boards can make use of the learning from this review to seek assurance about the effectiveness of arrangements by which looked after children and other children with care and support needs are supported in their transition to adulthood. | Dorset’s Local Safeguarding Children Board | Dorset’s Safeguarding Adults Board |
| 2 | That this report is shared with Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding Children Board so that that Board and the Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Board can make use of the learning from this review to seek assurance about the effectiveness of arrangements by which looked after children and other children with care and support needs are supported in their transition to adulthood. | Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding Children Board | Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Board |
| 3 | That Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Board and Poole Community Safety Partnership establish a joint task and finish group to make use of the learning from this review to ensure that the safeguarding adults and MARAC agendas are more closely aligned and that professional practice in respect of safeguarding adults and tackling domestic abuse is as integrated as possible. | Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Board | Poole Community Safety Partnership |
| 4 | That the joint task and finish group referred to above, should also conduct a review of the IDVA service in order to identify what changes need to be made to ensure that: the IDVA service is effectively integrated with the MARAC process; case closure is accompanied by an appropriate level of risk assessment; the service is accessible and sensitive to the needs of disabled people including people with learning disabilities. | Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Board | Poole Community Safety Partnership |
| 9.19 | It is recommended that the review of Mental Capacity Act policies and procedures to be undertaken by Dorset Healthcare Trust should encompass the difficulty in undertaking capacity assessments of people who give conflicting answers to questions. It may be possible to develop new, or bring together existing, good practice in this area. | Dorset Healthcare Trust |
| 9.21 | Additionally, it is recommended that the review examine the provision of assistance, including advocacy, to people about whom there are capacity concerns, so that they have access to every practicable support to assist them in making | Dorset Healthcare Trust |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||