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

Huntingdonshire review

CSP: Huntingdonshire Published: July 2023 Year of death: 2015 Extracted: 3 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 highlights concerns regarding GP awareness of DHRs, the need for police to consider a dedicated family liaison for the perpetrator's family, and the lack of clarity in mental health referral routes and terminology between primary and secondary care. It also notes challenges in managing chronic mental illness and medication non-compliance.

Extracted recommendations

3 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	That the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG work to ensure that commissioned GP Surgeries are aware of DHRs, their responsibilities to engage with them and the statutory guidance that supports them.	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG
2	That in cases where a homicide occurs and the perpetrator and victim are in an intimate relationship that an officer be considered as a dedicated point of contact for the perpetrators family as well as the victims.	Police
3	That CPFT and the CCG work together to ensure that all GP surgeries have absolute clarity over referral routes and the terminology to be used when prioritising cases.	CPFT \| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗