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
North Devon and Torridge review
CSP: North Devon and Torridge
Published: April 2023
Year of death: 2011
Extracted: 5 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
This DHR found no prior indication of domestic abuse or agency contact, concluding the homicide was unpredictable. However, it highlights learning points regarding alcohol, social isolation, controlling behaviours, risks at relationship breakdown, and the importance of healthcare professionals proactively inquiring about domestic abuse.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| Case 2 R1 | Encourage an approach to assessment that explores the background to low self-esteem, a particular form of damaging behaviour or lifestyle rather than just treating the symptoms, and ensure that records are kept to show where this has taken place. | NHS Devon |
| Case 2 R5 | Improve the awareness of and response to domestic abuse by GP practices. | NHS Devon |
| Case 2 R6 & 7 | Improve hospital staff awareness of and ability to respond to domestic abuse including asking relevant patients about abuse when they attend hospital. | Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust |
| Case 2 R8 | Implement further training and initiatives to improve the response by all agencies to alcohol abuse in line with the Devon alcohol strategy. | Safer Devon Partnership |
| Case 3 R4 | Maintain a variety of means of raising awareness among the public and front line staff in rural areas of the nature of domestic abuse, and of the help available. This should include awareness that abuse includes coercion and control as well as violence. | Safer Devon Partnership |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||