East Sussex review

Develop a specific domestic abuse policy

All staff to undergo domestic abuse training

All staff to have completed BARTA Training

All staff to be aware of and able to use MARAC DASH tool

DASLs to be in place in Health in Mind and promoted to all clinicians as points of guidance/ consultation.

Learning to be shared across the Trust/ organisation

The East Sussex Safer Communities Partnership should ensure there is further publicity to raise awareness amongst the general public of the following issues: o Coercive control and the risks associated with it o Stalking behaviours and the help available o Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme with particular emphasis on the range of people who have the ‘right to ask’.

The responsible commissioner (Hastings and Rother Clinical Commissioning Group) should work with the lead commissioners for specialist services (East Sussex County Council, Safer East Sussex Team) and providers (the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and specialist services) to evaluate the impact of the IRIS pilot and, if it is successful, sustain and embed this provision locally.

The other Clinical Commissioning Groups in the county (Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Group) should, if the IRIS pilot is successful, review the findings in order to consider its wider rollout in other General Practice settings across East Sussex.

That East Sussex Safer Communities Partnership request a report from Sussex Police outlining changes made with regard to practice on stalking and harassment cases.

The East Sussex Safer Communities Partnership should review pathways so that victims of domestic abuse incidents (not just crimes) are offered a referral to a domestic abuse specialist service.

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and the East Sussex Safer Communities Partnership should review the current commissioning arrangements for standard risk victims, identifying how to ensure that all victims are able to access help and support from a domestic abuse specialist service.

The National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies to review their record retention policy with reference to crimes of violence against women and to report the findings to the Home Office DHR Quality Assurance Panel.

The Crown Prosecution Service to undertake a thematic review of charging decisions on stalking and harassment cases. This should particularly focus on offenders who move across geographical borders and include consideration of the criteria used to determine whether a charge of harassment or stalking is applied.

That the one day domestic abuse training is converted into a ‘requestable course’ within six months and that a review process is put in place to establish numbers requiring training.