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
Doncaster review
CSP: DoncasterPublished: June 2023Year of death: 2011Extracted: 3 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 missed opportunities for police intervention and primary care professionals to identify and respond to domestic abuse indicators. It also highlighted gaps in multi-agency information sharing for non-high-risk cases and training needs for GPs.
Home Office classifications
19 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - was a carer
Victim - carer for perpetrator
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - physical disability
Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
Aggravating factors - separation
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
3 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
It is therefore recommended in support of the key priority within Safer Doncaster Partnership, that Doncaster CSP consider the concept of a MASH by ‘exploring multi agency work’ specific to domestic violence
It is therefore recommended that NHS Doncaster initiate appropriate training for primary care professionals to raise awareness of domestic abuse and the current NHS Doncaster policy on risk assessment and information sharing protocols.
Addressed to
RDaSH | Doncaster Children and Young People Services
Therefore it is recommended that the Senior Management within RDaSH and Doncaster Children and Young People Services review the findings of their respective IMR’s and, if appropriate, refer onwards to The Doncaster Safeguarding Children Board