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

Barnsley review

CSP: Barnsley Published: April 2023 Year of death: 2015 Extracted: 2 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 identified minimal agency contact with the victim and perpetrator, with no prior indications of domestic abuse. The homicide was attributed to a sudden, unpredicted deterioration in the perpetrator's mental health, limiting opportunities for intervention.

Extracted recommendations

2 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	General Practitioners in Barnsley should be reminded of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence [NICE] guidance on anxiety disorders with specific reference to the use of assessment tools.	Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group
2	The CCG should ensure that staff working in primary care services understand the current referral criteria for the mental health Single Point of Access Service [SPA] provided by South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust	Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗