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.

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Solihull review

CSP: Solihull Published: July 2023 Year of death: 2013 Extracted: 6 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 inadequate police response to prior domestic abuse, a failure by practitioners to link alcohol misuse with domestic abuse risks, and missed opportunities in health settings to identify concerns. There was also a general lack of awareness among professionals and employers regarding domestic abuse indicators and support.

Extracted recommendations

6 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	The Safer Solihull Partnership should ensure that all those working in the area of domestic abuse; have knowledge of the inter-linking between this and other forms of abuse: child protection, adult protection, alcohol abuse and safeguarding generally; to ensure that these risks are appropriately addressed.	Safer Solihull Partnership
2	The Safer Solihull Partnership should ensure that the recent developments described by a number of organisations in relation to domestic abuse have been implemented and are embedded within their structures; processes; and practice. (These developments can be found in section 5 of the Overview Report)	Safer Solihull Partnership
3	That the Safer Solihull Partnership should identify any opportunity that it, or its constituent members, have to increase the knowledge and understanding of employers of the issue of domestic abuse, and of their responsibilities in respect of staff who may be subject to this, to ensure that staff are better supported.	Safer Solihull Partnership
4	The Safer Solihull Partnership should to do all in its power to maintain and improve the services currently available to prevent, identify and respond to domestic abuse within the Borough.	Safer Solihull Partnership
6.6	In order to ensure that practice staff are consistent in applying the domestic abuse policies related to staff and patients the practice requires systems in place to monitor and review this	NHS England
6.7	Assessment, particularly in respect of alcohol consumption, needs to be improved. In order to achieve this a number actions need to be undertaken to ensure that the well-being of patients and their family members is safeguarded.	Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗