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

Kent review

CSP: Kent Published: December 2022 Year of death: 2018 Extracted: 4 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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Summary

The review identifies concerns regarding insufficient support and assessment for the perpetrator as a carer, including a lack of separate mental health assessments. It highlights inadequate multi-agency coordination, information sharing, and risk assessment following threats, alongside issues with Power of Attorney understanding and communication about the victim's care.

Extracted recommendations

4 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	That someone diagnosed with dementia should be offered a one-to-one discussion shortly after diagnosis so that their hopes, wishes, fears concerns can be recorded in an assessment that can be referred to throughout the duration of their illness. This can be updated as circumstances change.	Kent and Medway CCG
2	That provision is made for carers to be spoken to on their own about how they are managing/coping. This should be a structured conversation where a realistic assessment of capability is made according to the pressures that the individual carer is subject to and should be offered a carers assessment. Any decision to complete the carers assessment or not should be accurately recorded. The agency most familiar with the carer should offer the session. The suggestion should always be made to a carer that they could work with an advocate if that would be helpful to them.	KCC Adult Social Care and Health
3	That a lead agency be identified in complex cases and an appropriate person from that agency will hold a leadership role in managing a case.	Kent and Medway CCG \| KCC Adult Social Care and Health
4	That a professional working with a carer sees a copy of the POA and communicates the contents to others working with a person/family. It follows that there should be a good understanding of POA and agencies may need to deliver training to ensure that their staff/contractors have a clear understanding of POA. This understanding should also cover the circumstances in which a POA may need to be reviewed/revoked.	Kent and Medway CCG \| KCC Adult Social Care and Health
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗