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
Kent review
CSP: Kent
Published: May 2023
Year of death: 2015
Extracted: 5 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 identified missed opportunities for proactive intervention and signposting support for the victim following a domestic abuse incident. It highlighted gaps in information sharing between health agencies and social services, and the need for improved training for practitioners on sensitive conversations and record-keeping.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | Consideration to be given to widening the communication of personal information in relation to domestic abuse incidents following referrals from Social Services to all frontline health workers/agencies and relevant GP’s that have direct contact with the victim. This will ensure that frontline health staff including General Practitioners are fully briefed when engaging with potential victims or perpetrators and can signpost appropriate support services and provide opportunities for disclosure during consultations. | Local Clinical Commissioning Group |
| 13.2 | Ensure that all Kent County Council Children’s Centres display domestic abuse support services information and that staff are able to signpost to local services. This will enable those victims that feel unable to disclose their personal circumstances to be better informed of the support available. | Kent County Council Children’s Centres |
| 13.3 | Given the changes to the ethnic make-up of communities in the area concerned consideration should be given by the local Community Safety Partnership and Local Domestic Abuse Forums to providing domestic abuse support material in alternative language formats, therefore responding to the changing demographics in their area. | Kent Community Safety Partnership | Medway Community Safety Partnership | Local Domestic Abuse Forums |
| 13.4 | In liaison with domestic abuse support providers raise the awareness of the potential misuse of Tracking Apps that are routinely installed on mobile telephones and other devices with potential victims and service providers, the focus to be particularly in terms of Stalking and Harassment. The Kent County Community Safety Partnership to raise the profile of this subject at the Kent and Medway Domestic Homicide Review Lessons Learnt Seminars and at Community Safety Managers Information sessions. | Kent County Community Safety Partnership | Medway Community Safety Partnership | Domestic Abuse Support Providers |
| 13.5 | Health Practitioners should be reminded of the importance of clear and accurate notes in record keeping. This will assist information sharing between the various front line health professionals. This recommendation should be reinforced as part of the wider information sharing recommended in recommendation 13.1 | Local Clinical Commissioning Group |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||