Domestic violence
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres recently warned of a ‘horrifying global surge’ in domestic violence and abuse (DVA) during the pandemic lockdown period and urged governments to step up efforts to prevent violence against women.1 Worldwide, there have been increased contacts to DVA agencies, and with healthcare workers and police overwhelmed and understaffed, the concerns from DVA activists have been especially grave. Here in the UK, a recent ethnographic study examined the work involved in restructuring the relationship between primary care and specialist DVA support services in two areas.2 The authors paid particular attention to the boundary-spanning role played by DVA advocates in building the …