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
Leeds review
CSP: Leeds
Published: May 2023
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
The DHR found no evidence of domestic violence or abuse, concluding the deaths were neither predictable nor preventable. Key themes included the perpetrator's mental health and financial stressors, and the GP practice's lack of a domestic violence protocol.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| NHS England - Primar | The CCG should take the opportunity presented by these events to assess local GPs’ awareness of domestic violence following a training programme, which is being delivered by the local CCG. It is likely that such an assessment could be conducted using questionnaires the outcome of which could demonstrate a lack of formal policies in place in local practices. In order to ensure a high uptake of any questionnaire based audit it is suggested that any CPD points awarded for taking part in domestic abuse training are not issued until the questionnaire is complete. Such a questionnaire based audit could take place at the end of a training day or else using a tool such as “Survey Monkey”. The recommendation is expected to be completed within six months of the date of the IMR, thus by September 2015. | NHS Clinical Commissioning Group |
| Recommendation One | Ensure Crisis and CMHT services have information and awareness of what constitutes psychological abuse. Ensure up to date contact details for Domestic Violence support are readily available during crisis assessment. | Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Recommendation One | We recommend that in line with the LYPFT IMR recommendation, that LYPFT ensure that all its mental health services, both in patient and community based have information regarding domestic violence and abuse and are able to inform them when conducting assessments and reviews. | Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Recommendation Two | All CAS assessments to include question on Domestic Violence. | Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Recommendation Two | We recommend a practice improvement in relation to the conducting and administration of the PHQ-9. The processes that GPs have in place for the use of PHQ-9s should be reviewed and if necessary amended to ensure that following completion PHQ-9’s are reviewed and any appropriate action is taken. | General Practices | NHS Clinical Commissioning Group |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||