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
South Staffordshire review
CSP: South StaffordshirePublished: July 2023Year of death: 2016Extracted: 5 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
Concerns include missed opportunities by healthcare professionals to identify domestic abuse, particularly regarding injuries and the legal context of consensual sexual activity. The report also notes the influence of small community settings and longstanding professional relationships on abuse identification.
Home Office classifications
22 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - substance misuse
Victim - housing issues
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - suicide attempts
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - sexual abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Addressed to
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Domestic Abuse Commissioning and Development Board
That the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Domestic Abuse Commissioning and Development Board should promote professional awareness of the influence and pressure that can be exerted when professionals and subjects reside in close proximity and particularly within small communities through domestic abuse training provision and in connection with publication of this Review.
Addressed to
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Domestic Abuse Commissioning and Development Board
That the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Domestic Abuse Commissioning and Development Board should promote professional awareness of legal precedent around consensual sexual activity and the implications of this in the context of responding to domestic abuse.
Ensure that all GPs and other clinical staff at the practice have completed Domestic Abuse training which includes recognition of the indicators of Domestic Abuse (by 31.5.2019) and provide on-going training for staff to ensure they continue to meet their roles and responsibilities in line with current guidance.
Raise awareness with all GPs and other clinical staff at the practice of the local Multi-agency Domestic Abuse Pathway; and of policies and processes in relation to domestic violence and abuse, which includes the pathway for victims, perpetrators and children including referral to MARAC/SARC/Women’s Aid etc (by 31.5.2018).