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

Herefordshire review

CSP: Herefordshire Published: June 2023 Year of death: 2014 Extracted: 12 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 report identifies a long-term, alcohol-fuelled abusive relationship with repeated police attendance but no formal complaints. Concerns include inadequate police risk assessment, delayed follow-up, and late engagement of adult social care, hindering timely intervention and support.

Extracted recommendations

12 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
Advice to be given t	Advice to be given to individual officers relating to their recording and decision making. The need to take account of other information / history when conducting risk assessments is a recurring feature of reviews & subject of wider training / input to staff.	West Mercia Police
Clear documentation	Clear documentation of Recording of risk assessment decisions must be clearly documented on Police systems to explain rationale, especially where risk levels are amended.	West Mercia Police
Improved communicati	To ensure that advice , information and assessments are offered to self-funders	Adult Social Care
Improved contact det	ASC to identify and record NOK and family contact details on front screen of fwi. To include name, address, phone numbers.	Adult Social Care
Map of Medicine to i	Map of Medicine to include the care pathway for domestic abuse	Herefordshire CCG
Reliable recording o	Ensure that accurate case records are in place which evidences work undertaken and defensible decision making.	Adult Social Care
Risk assessments con	Risk assessments conducted by initial attending Police officers must be promptly submitted to ensure appropriate support and referrals to other agencies can be made.	West Mercia Police
The CCG should utili	The CCG should utilise the Map of Medicine care pathways approach to support GPs in their work re alcohol abuse and the links between alcohol misuse and domestic abuse	Herefordshire CCG
The CCG should work	The CCG should work with GP practices to develop a universal care plan format which includes information regarding the social aspects of a person’s care	Herefordshire CCG
The CCG to include a	The CCG to include a link to the document managing pain in dementia in their next GP newsletter	Herefordshire CCG
The Map of Medicine	The Map of Medicine care pathway for falls should be reviewed to include alcohol misuse	Herefordshire CCG
The surgery should r	The surgery should review their processes for documenting alcohol consumption when concerns arise about alcohol use	Herefordshire CCG
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗