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Kirklees review

CSP: Kirklees Published: April 2023 Year of death: 2017 Extracted: 12 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 identified missed opportunities to identify and respond to the perpetrator's coercive and controlling behaviour, particularly given his history of abuse with a previous partner. It also highlighted the need for better support for children exposed to domestic abuse and improved promotion of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme.

Extracted recommendations

12 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	That Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership will seek formal assurance from all partners and local providers of domestic abuse services that coercive controlling behaviour is incorporated into all domestic abuse training programmes provided by the organisation	Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership
1	CAMHS practitioner’s to be updated regarding their roles and responsibilities when a child makes a disclosure of domestic abuse the importance of understanding the emotional impact of domestic abuse on children even when they are not being directly targeted.	South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
1	All Outpatient staff to undergo awareness training on Domestic Abuse; to identify domestic abuse, how to appropriately refer to specialist services and multi-agency discussions e.g. MARAC.	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
1	The Practice will display posters containing domestic abuse information in areas accessed by patients to encourage patients to have the confidence to disclose. Leaflets containing specific information of how to access local services should be available to staff in consultation rooms and to patients in communal rooms. This further information will support the staff in the Practice to identify where to seek support when a patient does disclose.	GP Practice
2	That Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership incorporates the impact of domestic abuse on children when offering advice and materials to victims and perpetrators	Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership
2	To utilise poster and leaflet space with DA specialist services available for patients attending from Calderdale area as well as Kirklees.	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
2	The authors of this IMR will contact the Practice and the individual GP who left the Practice on 1/4/17 to share the learning following review and approval from NHS England.	GP Practice
3	That Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership seek assurance from education and children’s social care as to the following. That when a child displays challenging behaviour at school, and the parents are living apart, there is a process for informing or engaging both parents in trying to solve the problem (unless there is a legal or safeguarding obstacle to this happening).	Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership
3	To specially train the Safeguarding Champions for outpatients to a higher level so that they can risk assess and carry out face to face consultations with a patient who may disclose domestic abuse whilst visiting their department.	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
3	The learning from this case which includes depression being a potential marker for domestic abuse should be shared with all GP Practices in Kirklees.	GP Practice
4	That Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership identifies to the appropriate Government department the need to have ‘Clare’s Law’ prominently displayed on internet dating sites.	Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership
5	Given much of the historical context of this case was in Greater Manchester, Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership are to share the report with Greater Manchester Community Safety Partnership so they can review if there is any learning they could have taken from their previous involvement	Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗