Domestic violence screening tool should be replaced, Jess Phillips says

Safeguarding minister says tool used to decide which domestic abuse victims get support doesn’t work

The main screening tool used to determine which domestic violence victims need support has “obvious problems” and should be replaced, the UK safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, has said.

Phillips is reviewing systems, including the Dash (domestic abuse, stalking, harassment and “honour-based” violence) questionnaire, largely relied on by police, social services and healthcare workers across the UK since 2009 to assess risk.