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
Birmingham review
CSP: BirminghamPublished: June 2023Year of death: 2011Extracted: 8 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 a lack of professional curiosity regarding the victim's identity and relationship with the perpetrator, alongside insufficient risk assessment concerning the perpetrator's mental health and potential harm to others. Gaps in domestic abuse screening and policies within primary care were also noted.
Home Office classifications
21 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - depression
Victim - serious or life limiting illness
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
8 recommendations pulled from the report · 8 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust
Remind staff that they should clearly record information about children, partners and significant others in the service users clinical record, including any potential risks identified.
Addressed to
Birmingham South Central and Cross City Clinical Commissioning Group
All General Practices are informed in writing of the need to have clear policy statements and procedures in place with respect to domestic abuse and safeguarding adults at risk
Addressed to
Birmingham South Central and Cross City Clinical Commissioning Group
Royal College of General Practitioner Guidelines are circulated to all general practices with a recommendation that a designated person is identified and a domestic abuse care pathway is established, as per the guidance