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Hartlepool review

CSP: Hartlepool Published: July 2023 Year of death: 2012 Extracted: 7 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 identified areas for improvement in police procedures for handling domestic abuse withdrawal statements and in GP practices' training, awareness, and escalation processes regarding domestic violence and mental health referrals.

Extracted recommendations

7 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	Proforma withdrawal statements should not be used within Cleveland Police and all withdrawal statements should include the information outlined in section 4.4.5 of NPIA Guidance on Investigating Domestic Abuse 2008.	Cleveland Police
2	An MG6 should accompany all withdrawal statements and should again include all the points raised in the NPIA Guidance on Investigating Domestic Abuse 2008.	Cleveland Police
3	The GP practice should encourage Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust to attend a clinical education session(s) within the practice to improve knowledge within the practice and awareness of mental health services on Tees, including accessing timely and contemporaneous information about care pathways.	Local Area Team for NHS England
4	The GP practice should introduce an escalation process for dealing with patterns of concerns that are identified in relation to patients where it is suspected that domestic violence is taking place (on this occasion no such concerns were identified).	Local Area Team for NHS England
5	The GP practice should undertake training in relation to domestic violence in order to ensure contemporary knowledge and awareness of policy, procedures and referral pathways.	Local Area Team for NHS England
6	The Local Area Team for Durham and Tees Valley for NHS England should consider the arrangements for training of GP practices on domestic violence issues (taking into account also the potential training needs in respect of safeguarding both children and vulnerable adults and preventing violent extremism), with a view to designing and developing a medium term training programme.	Local Area Team for NHS England
7	The Safer Hartlepool Partnership should undertake a review of progress against recommendations 1 – 6 above 12 months after their adoption, and should at that point consider how to resolve any recommendations which are not yet complete.	Safer Hartlepool Partnership
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗