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.

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Waverley review

CSP: Waverley Published: August 2023 Year of death: 2019 Extracted: 7 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 review highlights concerns regarding the lack of mandatory health professional involvement in firearms licensing, the need for improved routine enquiry and training on elder abuse, and ensuring hospital discharge processes address care responsibilities for dependants, particularly when the perpetrator's health deteriorates and they are a carer.

Extracted recommendations

7 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	All Surrey Clinical Commissioning Groups and all Surrey Health Services assure the Safer Waverley Partnership, that Routine Enquiries into possible domestic abuse is embedded into training, policies and procedures.	All Surrey Clinical Commissioning Groups \| All Surrey Health Services
1	To consider reviewing the Home Visiting Risk Assessment for the Early Stroke Discharge team.	Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
2	Surrey County Council Adult Social Services together with all Surrey Clinical Commissioning Groups and all Surrey Health Services, Domestic Abuse Outreach Services and Surrey Police, embark on a publicity campaign advertising with posters and seminars etc., the opportunities for older victims of domestic abuse, their friends and family members in Surrey to locate help, support and advice about domestic abuse.	Surrey County Council Adult Social Services \| All Surrey Clinical Commissioning Groups \| All Surrey Health Services \| Domestic Abuse Outreach Services \| Surrey Police
2	To consider the creation of a Trust-wide Lone Working Policy.	Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
3	Surrey County Council Adult Social Services, together with all Surrey Clinical Commissioning Groups and all Surrey Health Services review domestic abuse training to ensure that professionals have the skills and knowledge to respond to abuse of the elderly confidently and professionally.	Surrey County Council Adult Social Services \| All Surrey Clinical Commissioning Groups \| All Surrey Health Services
4	The Safer Waverley Partnership endorses and supports the recommendation suggested in the draft guidance “Firearms Licensing Statutory Guidance For Chief Officers of Police”, and recommends that the circumstances of this review are shared with those within the Home Office responsible for the consultation, to assist in the continuance with those consultations with other professional bodies and to reach a positive conclusion as soon as possible.	Safer Waverley Partnership \| Home Office
5	The CCG and NHS Trust must ensure that practitioners make enquiries with patients, particularly those who are admitted to hospital, as to their home circumstances to establish if they have responsibility to care for another who is at home and who may be at risk due to the patients admission.	CCG \| NHS Trust
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗