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
Liverpool review
CSP: Liverpool
Published: June 2023
Year of death: 2014
Extracted: 3 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 highlights concerns regarding agencies' ability to identify and manage the victim's significant vulnerabilities, particularly her susceptibility to abusive relationships, after her children were removed from her care. There were missed opportunities in risk assessment and follow-up on her support needs by social care and health services.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Social Care* | There should be an internal management review of the risk assessment section of the FACS assessment carried out with the victim, in 2008. The review should consider the following questions: Was risk appropriately assessed, with reference to all of the information held by both Children’s Services and the Adult Social Care Learning Disability Team? If it was not appropriately assessed, what were the reasons for this and what lessons can be learned from this. Bearing in mind that this assessment was conducted some seven years ago, have there since been improvements in policy / procedure, and staff training. If this assessment was being carried out today, would it have more accurately identified risks the risks which were present? Taking account of the above points, what actions (if any) are required to improve practice in this area? | Liverpool City Council Adults Services |
| GP Practice: • | GPs should make routine enquiries about domestic circumstances when conducting any assessment regarding mental health, drug, or alcohol misuse. | GP Practice |
| GP Practice: • | GPs should use the recognised pathways of referral into multi-disciplinary and multi-agency arenas if risks to individual safety cannot be managed in-house. | GP Practice |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||