Evidence suggests victims and survivors want to be asked about their experiences of abuse, and existing examples of good practice outlined in this report show that ensuring frontline staff ask about domestic abuse is possible.

NICE guidelines currently state that staff in all mental health services should be making trained enquiries into experiences of domestic abuse among all those accessing their service. Yet evidence set out in this report highlights that despite these guidelines, in many mental health services patients are still not being asked about abuse.

Published in August 2019 by Agenda.