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
Stoke-on-Trent review
CSP: Stoke-on-Trent
Published: September 2023
Year of death: 2015
Extracted: 3 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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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
The review identifies concerns regarding inter-agency communication and joint working between Police and Adult Social Care in safeguarding investigations, particularly in cases involving non-intimate household members. It highlights issues with the consistent application of adult safeguarding procedures, awareness of coercive control, and maintaining continuity of care during organisational changes.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 21.13 | The Stoke-on-Trent Responsible Authorities Group should highlight to all partner agencies the learning from this review about the importance, when implementing significant organisational changes, of ensuring that robust arrangements are in place for maintaining continuity of care and other service provision, particularly to vulnerable individuals. | Stoke-on-Trent Responsible Authorities Group |
| 21.14 | The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Adult Safeguarding Partnership Board should proactively raise awareness of the current local Adult Safeguarding Procedures and seek assurance from all partner agencies that relevant practitioners understand their responsibilities and are appropriately applying the procedures. This should specifically include reinforcement that: 1) where it has been decided that a joint investigation is required the Social Worker, the Police Officer and all other professionals involved must clearly plan who is to undertake which aspects and conduct at least an initial joint visit; and 2) where a single agency enquiry has been agreed, if there is concern around potential coercive control then arrangements must be made for a face to face meeting to take place. Such a meeting should be undertaken by two professionals. | Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Adult Safeguarding Partnership Board |
| 21.15 | The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Adult Safeguarding Partnership Board should consider what further action is required to promote awareness of behaviour that may be coercive and controlling, in the context of adult safeguarding, and ensure that training in the skills to effectively respond to this is available to professionals. | Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Adult Safeguarding Partnership Board |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||