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
Solihull review
CSP: Solihull
Published: July 2023
Year of death: 2018
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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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
Health agencies failed to routinely identify domestic abuse, particularly coercive control, and address the victim's complex needs (mental health, substance misuse) holistically. There was a lack of integrated working and underestimation of risk from the perpetrator.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Relevant agencies listed should provide assurance to the Safer Solihull Partnership that they have in place local arrangements to ensure that their professionals ‘ask the question’ of people presenting with the health indicators of domestic abuse (in line with NICE Guidance and Quality Standards) together with suitable audit tools or measurements to demonstrate a change in outcomes. | Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group | University Hospitals Birmingham | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| 2 | The Safer Solihull Partnership seeks assurance from the Commissioners of the IRIS project within GP surgeries that funding will be given due consideration beyond the current agreed period and that in order to embed this service, it will be brought into mainstream funding in the future. | Safer Solihull Partnership |
| 3 | The Safer Solihull Partnership would propose to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner that any Action Plan to address domestic abuse recognises that lasting and permanent change cannot be achieved without a sustained and concerted approach to address behaviour change and cultural norms. | Safer Solihull Partnership |
| 4 | This Domestic Homicide Review noted the effectiveness of hospital-based IDVAs in supporting women with complex needs experiencing domestic abuse. The Safer Solihull Partnership would seek assurances from the commissioners of these services that they will be recommissioned in hospitals in Solihull. | Safer Solihull Partnership |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||