Recurring concern
Inadequate professional training for recognising and responding to domestic abuse
- Reports that mention this concern
- 8
- Times this concern has been raised
- 9
- Stated actions linked to this concern
- 12
What this concern includes
Includes failures to provide, maintain, refresh or verify training for healthcare, policing, social-care, probation or comparable professionals where the training is specifically intended to support recognition, risk assessment, safeguarding or response to domestic abuse.
What is not included
- Excludes generic safeguarding or professional training deficiencies where domestic abuse is not a material part of the training requirement.
- Excludes failures in domestic-abuse investigation, referral, risk assessment or protective action when the training or competence-assurance process is not itself deficient.
- Excludes training for unrelated hazards, clinical conditions or operational processes.
- Excludes deficiencies in the substantive domestic-abuse policy or pathway where staff training is not the shared unsafe condition.
Trends
Reports over time
Reports mentioning this concern, over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Reports and published responses 8 reports
See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response
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Concerns raised1
Insufficient safeguarding training on adult child to parent domestic abuse
This report raised 8 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked responses
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.6
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North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Deliver revised Safeguarding Level 3 training with dedicated adult child-to-parent abuse content and case studies across the mandatory rolling programme.
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North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Explore inclusion of adult child-to-parent abuse content in national Safeguarding Levels 1 and 2 e-learning packages with Health Education England.
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North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Develop and disseminate a seven-minute adult child-to-parent abuse briefing through Safeguarding Assurance reports across Trust services and teams.
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North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Include adult child-to-parent abuse in regular Domestic Abuse awareness sessions for all staff and safeguarding practitioners.
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East London NHS Foundation Trust
Strengthen mandatory Level 3 safeguarding training to address intergenerational domestic abuse, parental vulnerability, and risks to family members.
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East London NHS Foundation Trust
Deliver an intergenerational domestic abuse training session through the annual safeguarding conference.
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Concerns raised1
Insufficient or untimely domestic abuse and child safeguarding training for probation practitioners
This report raised 9 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked responses
- HM Prison and Probation Service
- Ministry of Justice
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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HM Prison and Probation Service and Ministry of Justice
Maintain pre-allocation safeguarding and domestic-abuse training requirements for practitioners managing cases with related concerns.
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Concerns raised1
Insufficient training and awareness of domestic abuse and suicide risk among front line police officers
This report raised 10 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Home Office
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Home Office
Provide up to £3.3 million to support further rollout of domestic abuse and related policing training.
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Concerns raised2
Lack of call-handler training on managing reports relating to ongoing domestic abuse investigations
Lack of effective training on the Domestic Abuse Policy and Procedure
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Inadequate caseworker training on the wider domestic-violence risk context
This report raised 10 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Limited police training in domestic abuse risk evaluation and scoring
This report raised 21 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked responses
- Greater Manchester Police
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3
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Greater Manchester Police
Deliver rolling virtual continuing professional development covering domestic abuse, coercive control, stalking, risk assessment, DASH, strangulation and related safeguarding topics.
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Greater Manchester Police
Provide clearer domestic abuse risk-grading guidance and disseminate it through continuous professional development and safeguarding training.
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Greater Manchester Police
Establish a safeguarding course for officers and staff who evaluate risk and provide formal training on identifying risk factors.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
Other named respondents are responsible for addressing the coroner’s concerns; this response covers only broader learning-sharing issues within its remit.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to provide all GP practice staff with training on domestic violence and safeguarding policies
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Care Quality Commission
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.2
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Care Quality Commission
Training records are not routinely checked in every inspection because inspection checks depend on the service, inspection type and concerns raised.
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Care Quality Commission
GP practices are responsible for determining mandatory and additional staff training and how it is delivered, rather than CQC prescribing a definitive list.
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Concerns raised1
Failure of police officers to understand and apply the Domestic Abuse Policy
This report raised 8 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Greater Manchester Police
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Greater Manchester Police
Deliver domestic-abuse terminology training through student-officer, consolidation and Safeguarding for Constables courses.
Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.
Data last updated 7 September 2026