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
Newcastle-Under-Lyme review
CSP: Newcastle-Under-LymePublished: April 2023Year of death: 2014Extracted: 2 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review highlighted challenges in assessing the perpetrator's deteriorating mental health due to his ability to mask symptoms and the undervaluation of family concerns. It also identified a need for improved processes in mental health access teams and better police-GP communication.
Home Office classifications
15 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - present at homicide (including adult children)
Perpetrator - physical disability
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - psychosis
Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
2 recommendations pulled from the report · 2 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
NHS England | North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
That providers of primary care and mental health services should include in their assessment pathways a prompt for maintaining a detailed recording of an individual‘s presentation by family members concerned about their mental health.
Addressed to
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
for the continuation of the duty shift leader role in the Mental Health Access Team to ensure that urgent referrals are dealt with in a timely manner and have oversight of decisions made around actions and outcomes.