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

North East Lincolnshire review

CSP: North East Lincolnshire Published: February 2024 Year of death: 2021 Extracted: 13 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 DHR highlights fragmented agency responses to escalating domestic abuse, including insufficient risk assessment, poor information sharing between community services and prison, and barriers to victim disclosure. It also notes the perpetrator's complex vulnerabilities and the impact of coercive control.

Extracted recommendations

13 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	The Domestic Abuse Strategy Delivery Group should explore national best practices regarding the provision that could be put in place to focus on repeat victims of domestic abuse along with perpetrator interventions and breaking the cycle and put forward recommendations as relevant.	Domestic Abuse Strategy Delivery Group
1	Consider whether further guidance is required on multi-agency risk management when remanding to prison following a domestic abuse offence	Government
1	Ensure each GP practice has a mechanism by which vulnerable patients and/ or safeguarding issues are discussed in-house, inviting multi-disciplinary colleagues as necessary.	North East Lincolnshire Health and Care Partnership
1	Ensure the Prison service has the contact details of the victim so they can put measures in place to prevent contact by both parties.	Humberside Police
1	Appropriate completion of DASH RIC, utilising professional curiosity to ensure sufficient information is captured.	The Blue Door
1	Provide feedback to the staff team regarding the impact and importance of ensuring the service recognises and responds appropriately to changing circumstances that may affect risk.	We Are With You
2	The North East Lincolnshire Health and Care Partnership should work with GPs on using flags and codes on patient records of high-risk markers of domestic abuse and self-harm and that patient summaries include this information.	North East Lincolnshire Health and Care Partnership
2	The Home Office consider whether further national policy and practice guidance is indicated on prison reception processes in checking probation and community health systems.	Home Office
2	Each GP practice should have appropriate arrangements in place to ensure robust follow-up arrangements where patients do not attend appointments. This should include a relevant “did not attend/was not brought” policy and consideration of wider vulnerability factors which inform any risk assessment and escalation processes.	North East Lincolnshire Health and Care Partnership
3	The prison should review and ensure that domestic abuse training is provided to staff working in prisons and ensure that staff completing reception and health screening processes with prisoners have enhanced levels of training and awareness about checking for evidence of domestic abuse whether or not it is associated with offences relating to the prisoner arriving at the prison.	The prison
3	Where adults at risk are under services to have recorded contact details of professionals involved in the patient's care; such as the details of an IDVA or social worker. This can be recorded in the safeguarding template on the computer system so is hidden from online access.	North East Lincolnshire Health and Care Partnership
4	The prison should provide a summary of learning for the reception and health care team and review operational guidance on checking for risk flags on community-based data systems.	The prison
5	The police and probation services should ensure that information about a prisoner having a history of domestic abuse is included and forwarded with the prisoner to the prison.	Humberside Police \| National Probation Service
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗