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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Rotherham review

CSP: Rotherham Published: September 2023 Year of death: 2019 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

This DHR identifies significant barriers for non-English speaking migrant communities, including the victim's household, in accessing local services. Key concerns include low engagement with healthcare, cultural distrust of authorities, high substance misuse, and a lack of proactive outreach and culturally sensitive support for domestic abuse.

Extracted recommendations

8 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	The chair of the Safer Rotherham Partnership should provide a copy of this report together with a briefing to the Rotherham Health and Well-being Board.	Safer Rotherham Partnership
2	The Safer Rotherham Partnership should include a written response to the report with an action plan that includes the issues highlighted at the webinar.	Safer Rotherham Partnership
3	Information in the community about essential local services should be freely available in the main spoken languages in the borough and downloadable from social media and information websites hosted by local statutory services. The selective licensing scheme under the Housing Act 2004 Housing Health and Safety Rating System should be used to send the information to households covered by the scheme.	Local statutory services \| Rotherham Borough Council
4	The Safer Rotherham Partnership should ensure that the local strategy for support to victims of domestic abuse includes specific measures for victims who do not speak English.	Safer Rotherham Partnership
5	The Yorkshire Ambulance Service should provide a written response to the potential learning identified in the DHR. This includes the recording of contact with patients and the capacity of responders recognising, following up and making referrals about domestic abuse.	Yorkshire Ambulance Service
REMA 1	Collation of community intelligence and feedback to the community safety partnership team.	REMA
SYP 1	SYP to outreach to hard to engage communities by the use of pamphlet drops, community “drop-ins” in targeted areas that are frequented by the minority group identified	South Yorkshire Police
SYP 2	SYP to engage more with local non-profit organisations (eg REMA) who will assist to try and facilitate engagement with minority groups who do not normally reach out to the police	South Yorkshire Police
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗