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South Norfolk review

CSP: South Norfolk Published: December 2022 Year of death: 2018 Extracted: 10 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

Original review (PDF) ↗ Source: Home Office DHR Library

Summary AI-generated

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The review highlights challenges in supporting older carers in rural areas, particularly those resistant to traditional services, when caring for individuals with dementia and challenging behaviours. It identifies a need for improved, integrated dementia diagnostic pathways and a systematic process for GPs to flag patients at risk of misusing firearms.

Home Office classifications

24 tags

Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.

  • Victim - was a carer
  • Victim - carer for perpetrator
  • Victim - mental ill health
  • Victim - depression
  • Perpetrator - case heard in court
  • Perpetrator - physical disability
  • Perpetrator - mental ill health
  • Perpetrator - anxiety
  • Perpetrator - cognitive disorder (dementia or alzheimer's disease)
  • Perpetrator - depression
  • Perpetrator - panic attacks
  • Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
  • Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
  • DHR process - family contributed to dhr
  • DHR process - family received draft report
  • DHR process - police recommendations
  • DHR process - social services recommendations
  • DHR process - health services recommendations
  • DHR process - housing services recommendations
  • DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
  • DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
  • DHR process - training recommendation themes
  • DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
  • DHR process - other recommendation themes

Extracted recommendations

10 recommendations pulled from the report · 7 matched to organisations in the index

Recommendation 17.1

Addressed to Norfolk County Council Adult Social Care | Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk County Council and Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust to work with carers and their families to empower them by: providing guidance on how to stay safe and keep patients safe, plan for emergency situations, de-escalation techniques and the provision of resources

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 17.2

Addressed to Norwich and Norfolk University Hospitals Trust | Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norwich and Norfolk University Hospitals Trust and Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust to explore how to provide a smoother diagnostic pathway for people with dementia, considering the integration of physical and mental health clinics.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 17.3

Addressed to Norwich and Norfolk University Hospitals Trust | Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norwich and Norfolk University Hospitals Trust and Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust to explore how best to share information instantly in a reliable way, considering the use of electronic referrals and implement an effective system.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 17.3

Addressed to Home Office

The Home Office considers how to protect the anonymity of the DHR report for small rural communities.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 17.4

Addressed to Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Groups | Norfolk Police

Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Groups, alongside the police, to develop and implement a systematic process for GPs to flag patients who are at risk of misusing firearms in a way that presents a danger to themselves and/or others and to take appropriate action in advising that a firearms licence should be terminated and social landlords informed.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 17.5

Addressed to All housing sector providers

All housing sector providers to provide dementia training for their frontline staff.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 17.7

Addressed to Norfolk Safeguarding Adult Board

The Norfolk Safeguarding Adult Board to improve engagement with the housing sector, and develop an effective model of practice for domestic abuse safeguarding processes

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 17.8

Addressed to Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group

The Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group to take a lead from the Norfolk and Waveney Sustainability Transformation Partnership in planning continuity of trusted support to people living with dementia and their carers, in line with NICE guidance, for example Admiral nurses.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 17.12

Addressed to Home Office

The Home Office to consider whether the methodology for a DHR could be modified for a more proportionate review, when the perpetrator is not of sound mind and the victim has not experienced domestic abuse.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗