Blackburn With Darwen review

Blackburn with Darwen Safeguarding Adult Board satisfies itself that its constituent agencies understand the adult safeguarding alert procedures and when to apply them, including cases involving threats to kill;

Blackburn with Darwen Community Safety Partnership satisfies itself, that its constituent agencies, know that it is necessary to search all of its databases and paper records, to produce a full picture of the domestic abuse risk factor they hold;

Blackburn with Darwen Community Safety Partnership satisfies itself, that its constituent agencies know;
 That threats to kill can be domestic abuse;
 When it is necessary to refer people for mental health assessments, including the application of the Mental Health Act 1983;
 When to undertake carer’s assessments;
 How to assess risk of serious harm;
 How to produce good risk management plans;
and
 Review their domestic abuse policies to ensure that they address the need to refer older people with mental health problems to appropriate service

Blackburn with Darwen Safeguarding Adult Board and Blackburn with Darwen Community Safety Partnership determines whether its present training and single agency training on domestic abuse specifically includes abuse between elderly people, including coercive and controlling behaviour {and the new legislation13} and factors in recognition of dementia and what that might mean for risk, and if not consider how the lessons from this case can be incorporated into domestic abuse training;

Blackburn with Darwen Community Safety Partnership use the findings of this review in staff briefing and training.

Any future domestic homicide reviews within the Blackburn with Darwen Community Safety Partnership area include training for agencies on the DHR process and completion of IMR’s.

Blackburn with Darwen Adult Social Care ensure that staff responsible for securing the welfare of individuals recognise the importance of not creating perceptions with victims and their families that financial considerations have a higher priority than reducing the risk of harm.