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

Northampton review

CSP: Northampton Published: June 2023 Year of death: 2015 Extracted: 12 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 review concluded that the victim's death was not predictable or preventable, but identified learning points. These include the need for improved inter-agency information sharing, enhanced safeguarding training for GPs on mental health and domestic abuse, and increased workplace awareness and reporting mechanisms for domestic abuse within the police force.

Extracted recommendations

12 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
4.2.2.1	Reminder to GPs regarding parental mental health issues and how an adult’s mental wellbeing will affect family life.	NHS England Central Midlands (GP)
4.2.2.2	Review of safeguarding training to draw in learning from this case regarding Mental Health concerns and how that may influence domestic abuse.	NHS England Central Midlands (GP)
4.2.2.3	The GP leads for safeguarding will receive specific domestic abuse training as part of their annual safeguarding training update commissioned by the CCG/NHS England.	NHS England Central Midlands (GP)
4.2.3.1	To develop an educational publicity campaign within the workplace defining domestic abuse, its known frequency and the statistics that show that it will be affecting the lives of their work colleagues.	Northamptonshire Police
4.2.3.2	To consider the development of a formal and confidential / anonymous reporting process allowing employees to submit concerns they may have about domestic abuse happening to a colleague.	Northamptonshire Police
4.2.3.3	These recommendations should be considered to bring the ‘hidden crime’ of domestic abuse out into the domain of the workplace to promote confidence in reporting and that the organisation will act positively to the reports.	Northamptonshire Police
4.2.3.4	Greater consideration should be given to the placement of officers/staff on restricted or ‘light duties’ taking account of their circumstances, the number allocated to a department and the additional stresses that can be caused to line managers.	Northamptonshire Police
4.2.3.5	This recommendation is suggested in order to reduce the impact on those that have to manage the individuals and to prevent or reduce the automatic placement of personnel into departments that can take place without knowledge of wider implications.	Northamptonshire Police
4.2.4.1	More direct sharing of plans and information for individuals between occupational health services, GPs and mental health should be promoted – immediately.	Community Safety Partnership
4.2.4.2	Community Safety Partnership to consider providing advice to local employers about the possible consequences of stress at work for family relationships including the possibility of domestic abuse.	Community Safety Partnership
4.2.4.2	Community Safety Partnership to link in with Countywide Strategic IPV Board in order to develop approaches in raising awareness and educating communities on controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship which causes someone to fear that violence will be used against them.	Community Safety Partnership
4.2.4.3	DHR Overview Report to be shared with other relevant local partnerships – Adult Safeguarding Board and the Health and Well-Being Board. Dates of meetings to be confirmed – within 3 months.	Community Safety Partnership
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗