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: HuntingdonshirePublished: July 2023Year of death: 2015Extracted: 3 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
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.
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 - carer assessed
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - panic attacks
Perpetrator - psychosis
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
3 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
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.
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.
Addressed to
CPFT | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG
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.