Manchester review

That Manchester Community Safety Partnership shares this DHR overview report with the Manchester Housing Providers Partnership and seeks assurance from the latter partnership that social housing providers have the policies in place, supported by training, which equip their staff to respond with confidence to domestic violence and abuse.

That Manchester Community Safety Partnership seek assurance from GMP that the policy of escalating incidents where the unavailability of resources would have the most detrimental effect is now fully embedded in practice.

That Manchester Community Safety Partnership shares this DHR overview report with the Greater Manchester MAPPA Strategic Management Board so that the latter partnership may consider whether any changes are necessary to the way that the risks presented by registered sex offenders to intimate partners are assessed and managed and refer the case to the National Police Chiefs’ Council if appropriate.

That Manchester Community Safety Partnership request Manchester Health and Care Commissioning to address the issues emerging from this DHR, in particular:
 The findings from the review are shared with Primary Care with the expectation that all presenting needs of patients are considered and that professional curiosity is exercised to contribute to risk assessment.
 Ensure that GPs inform patients of services they can access during the period they are waiting for a mental health outpatient appointment.
 Review how GP practices can engage with those patients that are traditionally difficult to engage including review areas of best practice and consider how an outreach approach may be implemented.
 Primary Care to be updated on self-neglect as a safeguarding issue and equipped to make a social care referral for self-neglect/vulnerability rather than only considering a mental health referral.
Manchester Health and Care Commissioning should share the outcome of this recommendation Manchester Community Safety Partnership in due course.

That Manchester Community Safety Partnership shares this DHR overview report with Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board so that the latter Board can consider what action to take to enhance the multi-agency approach to self-neglect in Manchester.

That Manchester Community Safety Partnership seeks assurance that partner agencies have policies in place to engage with ‘difficult to engage’ service users, particularly those abusing alcohol and/or drugs and/or experiencing mental health issues, who may be at risk of domestic abuse.

That Manchester Community Safety Partnership widely disseminate the learning from this DHR.