About this page. This page summarises a Domestic Homicide Review published in the Home Office DHR Library. The full report is available at the source link below. Victim and perpetrator names are not included in extracted summaries on this page.
Source · Domestic Homicide Review
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.
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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
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.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 17.1 | 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 | Norfolk County Council Adult Social Care | Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust |
| 17.12 | 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. | Home Office |
| 17.2 | 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. | Norwich and Norfolk University Hospitals Trust | Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust |
| 17.3 | 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. | Norwich and Norfolk University Hospitals Trust | Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust |
| 17.3 | The Home Office considers how to protect the anonymity of the DHR report for small rural communities. | Home Office |
| 17.4 | 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. | Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Groups | Norfolk Police |
| 17.5 | All housing sector providers to provide dementia training for their frontline staff. | All housing sector providers |
| 17.6 | To ensure all Community Connectors across the Council are trained in dementia. | Norfolk County Council |
| 17.7 | The Norfolk Safeguarding Adult Board to improve engagement with the housing sector, and develop an effective model of practice for domestic abuse safeguarding processes | Norfolk Safeguarding Adult Board |
| 17.8 | 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. | Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||