We must review the circumstances when someone dies and all these criteria apply:
- their death was or seems to have resulted from violence, abuse or neglect
- they were a Royal Greenwich resident
- they were 16 or over
And the violence, abuse or neglect was by someone:
- they were related to
- they were or had been in an intimate personal relationship with
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Domestic abuse related death reviews were previously called domestic homicide reviews.
Who does the review
Our Community Safety Partnership, the Safer Greenwich Partnership, is responsible for DARDRs. We appoint an independent Chair and panel of representatives from relevant services.
After the review, we send a full report to the Home Office.
Read statutory guidance on conducting DARDRs on GOV.UK.
Why we have domestic abuse related death reviews
To prevent the same thing happening again we need to understand:
- what went wrong
- what we can improve or do differently to safeguard victims
The review makes recommendations to help professionals and organisations to:
- work better together when safeguarding victims
- identify and apply changes to improve responses to domestic abuse
These are not inquiries into how the victim died or who is to blame. They do not replace the police investigation, coroner's hearing, or any other inquiry.
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