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Liverpool review

CSP: Liverpool Published: September 2023 Year of death: 2017 Extracted: 6 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

Original review (PDF) ↗ Source: Home Office DHR Library

Summary AI-generated

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The report identifies systemic failures in identifying long-term domestic abuse, gross neglect, and isolation of the victim, exacerbated by hoarding and missed opportunities by agencies to intervene and provide support.

Home Office classifications

25 tags

Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.

  • Victim - physical disability
  • Victim - mental ill health
  • Victim - anxiety
  • Victim - depression
  • Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
  • Perpetrator - case heard in court
  • Perpetrator - was a carer
  • Perpetrator - carer for victim
  • Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
  • Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
  • Aggravating factors - physical abuse
  • Aggravating factors - economic abuse
  • DHR process - family contributed to dhr
  • DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
  • DHR process - family received draft report
  • DHR process - social services recommendations
  • DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
  • DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
  • DHR process - training recommendation themes
  • DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
  • DHR process - other recommendation themes

Extracted recommendations

6 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index

Recommendation 3

Addressed to Citysafe [Liverpool’s Community Safety Partnership]

That Citysafe [Liverpool’s Community Safety Partnership] explore whether it would be practicable to develop a risk factor approach to identify previously unknown victims of domestic abuse who live fairly isolated lives.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 4

Addressed to Citysafe

That Citysafe, ensures that its, and all agencies domestic abuse training, covers the doubling of risk of domestic abuse faced by females who have long term disabilities or illnesses.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 5

Addressed to Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group

That Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group reinforce with GPs the need for them to consider the impact of a person being cared for, when the carer discloses difficulties in coping, and whether the circumstances require a referral to adult social care to ensure the person being cared for is safe.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 6

Addressed to Citysafe | Department for Work and Pensions | Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group | Liverpool Adult Social Care

That Citysafe explore with the Department for Work and Pensions, Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group and Liverpool Adult Social Care the feasibility and circumstances of when the Department for Work and Pensions could make referrals to those organisations for people in receipt of carer’s allowance.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗