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

Pendle review

CSP: Pendle Published: February 2024 Year of death: 2020 Extracted: 6 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 identified missed opportunities by agencies to recognise and respond to domestic abuse involving an older male victim and an adult child perpetrator with mental health and substance misuse issues. Key concerns include inadequate risk assessment, lack of safeguarding for the victim, and poor accessibility of support information.

Extracted recommendations

6 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	That Blackburn with Darwen and East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group provides updates to Pendle Community Safety Partnership on the rollout of the routine enquiry template within GP practices.	Blackburn with Darwen and East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group
2	That all agencies provide reassurances and evidence to Pendle Community Safety Partnership that the learning from this case, in relation to the recognition of domestic abuse including the identification of domestic abuse in males and the older generation, has been disseminated.	all agencies
3	That Lancashire Constabulary provides an update to Pendle Community Safety Partnership on the action plan and learning from the recent DHR concluded in Blackpool in 2021.	Lancashire Constabulary
4	That Pendle Community Safety Partnership ensures information is available on the effect and impact of using illicit drugs.	Pendle Community Safety Partnership
5	That Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides progress updates to Pendle Community Safety Partnership regarding their internal investigation action plan – these will be at 3, 6 and 9 months, with a presentation to the CSP at the 12 months’ stage to assure the CSP of progress, and inform of any ongoing challenges.	Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
6	That Pendle Community Safety Partnership ensures that access to information on support services which can respond to concerns regarding an individual’s mental health, whether the concerns are in relation to the individual’s own mental health or for someone they know, is available for all members of the community.	Pendle Community Safety Partnership
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗