Telford and Wrekin review

The Home Office to consider liaising with the Department of Health and Social Care and NICE to ensure that there is consistency across all clinical guidance for routine enquiry into domestic abuse for relevant health conditions which are evidence-based indicators of potential domestic abuse, such as those for depression and anxiety specifically.

Telford and Wrekin Public Health Team with the ICB, through the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and GP Safeguarding Leads, to provide assurance to the Domestic Abuse Local Partnership Board that the domestic abuse pathway for primary care, which includes the PCN social prescribers, is effective in identifying and responding to domestic abuse in primary care.

Telford and Wrekin Suicide Prevention Action Group, coordinated by the Public Health Team, to ensure that domestic abuse perpetrators, as well as domestic abuse victims, feature within their suicide prevention strategy.

Telford and Wrekin Public Health to liaise with the Coroner and encourage local sign-up with the Real Time Suspected Surveillance System

Home Office to liaise with the chief coroner in respect of guidance to coroners to ensure that all coroners are part of Real Time Suspected Surveillance System

West Mercia Police and Telford Mind to work together to strengthen links and develop a referral route which will ensure that bereaved families are systematically offered signposting to specialist support services following police attendance at a sudden death.

The Home Office to consider adding to their suite of leaflets for families and friends, leaflets specifically concerning domestic abuse related suicides.

Safer Telford and Wrekin to ensure that a suicide prevention specialist sits on all future Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews involving suicide in their area

Clinicians to ask about abuse when patients present with depression, anxiety or low mood

Clearly Identify the reason for a patient seeking medical attention and highlight this to the consulting clinician in case of lack of contact with the patient

A return to primary face to face appointments

Separate investigators are allocated to cases where both alleged offender and alleged victim make allegations of domestic abuse against each other.

Provide evidence of improved quality of domestic abuse investigations (completed).

Provide evidence-based assurance that reports of harassment are robustly investigated, including those received by email, and victims updated of progress in line with the Victim’s Code

Provide evidence-based assurance that cases of stalking and harassment are adequately supervised and not closed prematurely

Provide evidence-based assurance on the robustness of referral pathways to support services