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

Bromley review

CSP: Bromley Published: June 2023 Year of death: 2019 Extracted: 4 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 report highlights systemic failures in NPS risk management, including delayed recall of the perpetrator despite escalating risk, and critical communication shortcomings between the NPS and Metropolitan Police regarding the perpetrator's history and the victim's vulnerability.

Extracted recommendations

4 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	Revise and re-launch the Recall Policy Framework to reflect the findings from the SFO Review and brief all staff with regard to recall thresholds	NPS London
2	Devise and introduce an escalation process for Approved Premises staff to escalate concerns with residents direct to Heads of Service	NPS London
3	A specific action plan for the Probation staff involved in the supervision of the perpetrator, with these themes: a. The Appropriate responses to escalating risk of harm b. Consultation with Head of Service with regard to breaches of Licence Reviewing of drug residential rehabilitation placements in Hackney c. Timely countersignature of risk assessments d. Risk assessment reviews to be completed when behaviour is escalating e. Drug testing to take place as stated within the AP	NPS London
4	Using the findings from this DHR as a case study, conduct a review of the Information Sharing Agreement between the NPS and MPS and implement revisions necessary to prevent future shortcomings in the system for information sharing.	NPS London \| Metropolitan Police Service
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗