Domestic violence refers to 'the physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, economic abuse or neglect of an individual by a partner, ex-partner, carer, or one or more family members in an existing or previous domestic relationship.' Domestic violence also includes forced marriage, female genital mutilation and 'honour crimes'. It is a feature of many cases of safeguarding adults and child protection.

  

 

The NHS domestic violence group is made up of representatives from NHS trusts in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. It has developed policies, resources, training materials and modules through a strategy and rolling action plans.