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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Sandwell review

CSP: Sandwell Published: September 2023 Year of death: 2011 Extracted: 8 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 inadequate agency responses to the victim's domestic abuse disclosures, including rape, by GPs and police. Key concerns include insufficient interpreter services, poor risk assessment, and a lack of inter-agency information sharing, compounded by the victim's cultural and linguistic vulnerabilities.

Extracted recommendations

8 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	Wolverhampton and Sandwell Drug and Alcohol Action Teams (DAATS) in commissioning alcohol support services, should ensure that there are clear links to the prevention and reduction in Domestic Violence by the providers.	Wolverhampton and Sandwell Drug and Alcohol Action Teams (DAATS)
2	Safer Sandwell Partnership to request that the Black Country Cluster disseminates the guidance ‘Responding to Domestic Abuse from Royal College General Practitioners dated June 2012, and ensures that a nominated person from each GP practice has been identified to implement the guidance and provide a list of the nominated persons to Safer Sandwell Partnership as evidence that this has been completed within the next 12 months from the date of this report	Safer Sandwell Partnership \| Black Country Cluster
3	West Midlands Police to review the manner in which complaints of serious domestically related offences are investigated and ensure compliance with the NPIA Guidance on Investigating Domestic Abuse, especially with regard to cases where the complaint is withdrawn and where there is evidence to support to original allegation.	West Midlands Police
4	Safer Sandwell Partnership and Safer Wolverhampton Partnership to seek assurance that there exists within all agencies identified in appendix No 1 a robust policy for providing interpreting service.	Safer Sandwell Partnership \| Safer Wolverhampton Partnership
5	Safer Sandwell Partnership and Safer Wolverhampton Partnership to ensure a clear referral pathway to MARAC for high risk victims is devised and disseminated to agencies contained in Appendix No 1.	Safer Sandwell Partnership \| Safer Wolverhampton Partnership
6	Safer Sandwell Partnership seek assurance from Safer Wolverhampton Partnership that all relevant agencies are aware of the referral to Wolverhampton Domestic Violence Forum process and that each agency has knowledge of the Forum’s guidance.	Safer Sandwell Partnership \| Safer Wolverhampton Partnership
7	Safer Sandwell Partnership formally write to the UK Government requesting a review of the criteria and threshold for allowing foreign nationals permission to enter the UK without consideration of a risk assessment of the applicant and sponsors, especially with regard to domestic violence and sexual abuse.	Safer Sandwell Partnership
8	Safer Sandwell Partnership should ensure that systems are in place to evidence the progress in relation to the recommendations made in this report.	Safer Sandwell Partnership
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗