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
Exeter review
CSP: Exeter
Published: July 2023
Year of death: 2016
Extracted: 4 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 report identifies insufficient inter-agency coordination and information sharing, particularly regarding mental health risk assessments and transitions of care. Concerns include delays in integrating historic domestic abuse support with mental health treatment and inadequate contact with the victim's family by mental health services.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | Ensure that support staff from a range of statutory and community settings have the skills to identify when someone is considering suicide, have the confidence to ask, the knowledge to effectively signpost and ability to share concerns with other agencies involved in the person’s care. | Safer Devon Partnership | Exeter Community Safety Partnership |
| R2 | Routinely share mental health risk assessments with providers of housing support, subject to client consent. | Devon Partnership Trust | Exeter City Council | Sanctuary Supported Living |
| R3 | Build capability in the workforces of Devon agencies, including Devon Partnership Trust, to respond in a timely and appropriate way to victims of domestic and sexual violence and abuse. | Safer Devon Partnership | Exeter Community Safety Partnership |
| R4 | Review how well Devon Partnership Trust policies and procedures on contact with families fit with the national consensus statement on information sharing and suicide prevention. | Devon Partnership Trust |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||