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
Stoke-on-Trent review
CSP: Stoke-on-Trent
Published: May 2023
Year of death: 2015
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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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
The review identified shortcomings in Adult Social Care assessment processes, particularly regarding carer suitability and risk assessment, and noted a lack of comprehensive monitoring of the victim's alcohol abstinence and support needs post-discharge. Agencies also had limited awareness of the long-standing fractious relationship between the victim and the perpetrator.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Stoke-on-Trent Responsible Authorities Group should seek assurance that consideration of the suitability of carers and any risks posed by them is included in agencies’ frameworks for the assessment of informal carers and hospital discharge planning arrangements. | Stoke-on-Trent Responsible Authorities Group |
| 2 | The Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group should seek assurance that providers of health services for the medical consequences of alcohol abuse have in place pathways which encourage patients to access specialist services to address their future alcohol consumption. | Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group |
| NSCHT 1 | Staff to ensure that they assess service users’ alcohol consumption using a recognised tool especially those that have a history of excessive alcohol use. | North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust |
| SOTCC ASC 1 | Assurance that all assessments of need are a comprehensive account of the service user’s life/ history/ wishes/ feelings and aspirations. | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| SOTCC ASC 2 | All identified as supporting an individual by providing a caring role will be fully involved in the assessment process and their ability and willingness to fulfil that role will be determined and support to carry out that role will be provided where needed and deemed appropriate. | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| SOTCC ASC 3 | Domestic Violence awareness will remain part of the Adult Safeguarding Training/briefings. | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| SOTCC ASC 4 | All workers, including senior workers and Managers will be made aware of the findings of this report and areas of improvement. | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||