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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Rochdale review

CSP: Rochdale Published: August 2023 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 DHR identifies systemic failures by agencies to recognise and respond to escalating domestic abuse indicators, particularly concerning risk assessment, inter-agency information sharing, and prioritising the perpetrator's mental health needs over the victim's safety, despite clear warning signs.

Extracted recommendations

7 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	Rochdale Community Safety Partnership monitor the implementation of the participating agencies recommendations to ensure they are delivered and that agencies report on the progress they have made towards delivery.	Rochdale Community Safety Partnership
2	Rochdale Community Safety Partnership develop a ‘seven-minute briefing’ that incorporates the learning from this review which should be shared with professionals from all partner agencies and incorporated within their training plans and processes.	Rochdale Community Safety Partnership
3	Rochdale Community Safety Partnership seeks assurances that the MASH, MARAC and associated processes have access to mental health information and/or mental health professionals are represented at these meetings.	Rochdale Community Safety Partnership
4	Rochdale Borough Council ensures that guidance to teachers and associate staff in school Staff Induction Statements includes reference to domestic abuse.	Rochdale Borough Council
5	Rochdale Borough Council reviews its Health, Well Being, Work Life Balance and Stress Management Guidance to ensure it includes information about support which might be afforded to those staff suffering difficulty outside the workplace specifically domestic abuse.	Rochdale Borough Council
6	That Rochdale Community Safety Partnership emphasises to all its constituent agencies that unborn children should be considered from a safeguarding perspective and seeks assurances that the issue is covered in their safeguarding training.	Rochdale Community Safety Partnership
7	That Rochdale Community Safety Partnership considers running an awareness campaign to educate the public, particularly friends and families of victims, so they understand how to respond to domestic abuse.	Rochdale Community Safety Partnership
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗