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

Ealing review

CSP: Ealing Published: July 2023 Year of death: 2015 Extracted: 18 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 identifies challenges in identifying and monitoring serial domestic abuse perpetrators with historic records. It highlights missed opportunities across health, housing, and employment sectors to proactively identify and respond to domestic abuse, stressing the need for improved policies, training, and inter-agency collaboration.

Extracted recommendations

18 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	Ask both the CRC and NPS to reassure them that offenders without an index offence of domestic abuse but with evidence of domestic abuse in their background are assessed around risk.	Ealing Community Safety Partnership
10	Expand the tenancy audit policy to include the requirement for Housing Officers to make direct contact with all identified residents as early as possible to identify themselves as sources of information and support.	Central & Cecil Housing Trust (C&C)
11	Develop and implement a stand-alone domestic abuse policy. This policy should include measures to generate greater awareness of domestic abuse amongst tenants and make sources of support visible, including local and national specialist domestic abuse support services.	Central & Cecil Housing Trust (C&C)
12	Create access to domestic abuse training for staff.	Central & Cecil Housing Trust (C&C)
13	Ensure that contracted personnel are appropriately trained to recognise signs of abuse.	Central & Cecil Housing Trust (C&C)
14	Ensure that contracted personnel have and utilise an effective channel through which to alert the landlord to concerns.	Central & Cecil Housing Trust (C&C)
15	Update the Trust’s Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults policy to incorporate current legislation and best practice evidence and cross-reference the above with a domestic abuse policy.	Central & Cecil Housing Trust (C&C)
16	Kat’s employer to develop and implement a domestic abuse policy and consider joining the Employers Initiative for Domestic Abuse	Kat’s employer
17	Kat’s employer to identify and support the development of at least one domestic abuse champion.	Kat’s employer
18	City of London/Westminster and Ealing to consider adopting the Ask Me scheme.	City of London \| Westminster \| Ealing
2	Review the current domestic abuse policy to ensure it incorporates learning from this review	Harrow Area General Practice
3	Develop a guideline for triggers for targeted domestic abuse enquiry. abuse (e.g. gynaecological issues, UTIs, unexplained pain) this would be achieved by implementing recommendation 6	Harrow Area General Practice
4	Continue annual domestic abuse training programme, which includes information on use of personal/social information and links to local specialist provision	Harrow Area General Practice
5	Consider the option to commission the IRIS programme.	Harrow CCG
6	Consult with staff across the Trust on the utility and practicability of the domestic abuse policy in its current form and use any information gathered to support the refreshment process.	London North West Hospitals NHS Trust
7	Domestic abuse training programme to be enhanced.	London North West Hospitals NHS Trust
8	Supervision around domestic abuse cases to be enhanced.	London North West Hospitals NHS Trust
9	Audit compliance with annual tenancy audit policy.	Central & Cecil Housing Trust (C&C)
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗