Winchester review

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust should review CAMHS engagement with non-residential parents when assessing or providing treatment to patients so as to glean a fuller understanding of their life and needs.

The Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Groups, Safeguarding Children Partnership, Safeguarding Adults Boards and health providers (whether NHS or private) should, as a matter of urgency, agree a consistent policy and practice to support routine and targeted enquiry for all forms of domestic abuse which ensures that every opportunity is taken to identify where such abuse may be being perpetrated and to signpost or offer services appropriate to need.

Where possible, health providers health providers involved in this review should assure themselves that in assessing risk to others, their tools and practices embrace all assessments, presentations, ideations and views of third parties to triangulate any expressed or reported risk so as to effectively establish the risk level and the management plan aimed to reduce it.

Priory Hospitals review how it assesses, diagnoses and communicated ADOS assessments so that their outcome is properly communicated to patients, families (where appropriate) and other professionals so that ongoing support can be provided.

The Winchester Community Safety Partnership should develop a communications strategy which has the ambition of ensuring that the nature of domestic abuse, in all its forms (including ‘adolescent to parent’ abuse and coercive control) is recognised and the reach and accessibility of both statutory and specialist support services is such that people in every community are clear on where to seek help for themselves and others in a way which meets their needs.

Winchester Community Safety Partnership should support provider services, across all sectors, in accessing guidance to help them adjust services to meet the needs of agender and non-binary clients assuring the implementation of those adjustments is relevant to their sector. This should include raising awareness of staff and providing appropriate training as needed.