Domestic Violence by NHS trust and board

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Dear Croydon Health Services NHS Trust,

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for information relating to your activities with regards to domestic violence.

Could you please tell me:

Do you provide access to an Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor?

If yes, do you provide access to an IDAA at every hospital site?

Do you employ a domestic abuse specialist nurse?

If yes, do you employ a domestic abuse specialist nurse at every hospital site?

Do you have a Domestic Abuse policy?

If yes, please provide a copy.

Do you produce an annual safeguarding report on domestic abuse?

Do you conduct internal audits to ensure compliance to the domestic abuse policy?

Have you conducted training for staff on domestic abuse in the last 12 months. If no, in the last 24 months?

How many domestic abuse, stalking and harassment (DASH) risk assessments were completed by the trust/health board in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020?

How many domestic abuse, stalking and harassment (DASH) referrals were made by the trust/health board to a Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020?

Please provide the data for the last two parts of my request in a spreadsheet format.

Please do let me know if I need to amend or clarify my request in any way.

Yours faithfully,

Harriet Clugston

FOI (CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES NHS TRUST), Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Dear Claire,

Thank you for your FOI request which is now being considered. Your reference number is: FOI 2452, and should be quoted in all your future correspondence relating to this request.

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Kind regards

FOI Team
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Email: [email address]

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FOI (CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES NHS TRUST), Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

 

Dear Claire,

 

FOI REFERENCE NUMBER: 2452

 
Thank you for your email of 22^nd January 2021 requesting information
Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.  I set out below your
request together with our response:

 

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for
information relating to your activities with regards to domestic violence.

 

Could you please tell me:

 

Do you provide access to an Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor? Yes

 

If yes, do you provide access to an IDAA at every hospital site?  IDVA
support and access is provided across the services and sites across the
Trust.

 

Do you employ a domestic abuse specialist nurse? – YES

 

If yes, do you employ a domestic abuse specialist nurse at every hospital
site? – ?  IDVA support and access is provided across the services and
sites across the Trust. In addition, all frontline staff who support
vulnerable caseloads receive specialist domestic violence and abuse
training.

 

Do you have a Domestic Abuse policy? – Yes.

 

If yes, please provide a copy.
[1]http://intranet.mayday.nhs.uk/Documents/...

 

Do you produce an annual safeguarding report on domestic abuse? – Yes

 

Do you conduct internal audits to ensure compliance to the domestic abuse
policy? -  Yes,

 

Have you conducted training for staff on domestic abuse in the last 12
months?  Yes, This is delivered as part of the safeguarding adult and
children training

 

How many domestic abuse, stalking and harassment (DASH) risk assessments
were completed by the trust/health board in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and
2020? – Not known

 

How many domestic abuse, stalking and harassment (DASH) referrals were
made by the trust/health board to a Multi-Agency Risk Assessment
Conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020? Yes

Year Trust MARAC referrals
2016 7
2017 13
2018 12
2019 38
2020 20

 

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Cheshire   SK9 5AF.   Further details of this procedure can be found
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Thank you for your interest in Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

 

Yours sincerely

 

FOI Team

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Email: [4][email address]

 

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