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
Waveney review
CSP: WaveneyPublished: April 2023Year of death: 2014Extracted: 4 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identified challenges in managing the perpetrator's long-term mental illness, including issues with historical risk documentation and care plan adherence. It also noted gaps in information sharing between health and social care regarding the victim's needs and the perpetrator's capacity as a carer, alongside a need for improved county-wide strategic governance for domestic abuse.
Home Office classifications
30 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - was a carer
Victim - carer for perpetrator
Victim - neurodiverse condition diagnosis
Victim - serious or life limiting illness
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - present at homicide (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - was a carer
Perpetrator - carer for victim
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - psychosis
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
4 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
Risk Assessments by agencies. Consideration and care should be given to the specific factor of historical risk. It should be convenient for all clinicians and staff to document such risks and for a summary to be electronically ‘pulled through’ and included in all subsequent risk assessments. Even if the risk not considered to be contemporary, a summary will allow future clinicians and staff ease of access to the information, prompt staff to ask about the risk and not allow staff to omit historical risk once it has been identified.
Addressed to
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Risk assessment training – should emphasise the importance of historical risk assessment, in the Timescale: This should be considered as part of the next review of the Trust’s risk assessment training programme or within 3 months. Measure: Specific inclusion of the importance of assessing dynamic risks in risk assessment training.