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

South Worcestershire review

CSP: South Worcestershire Published: August 2023 Year of death: 2014 Extracted: 5 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

View full report (PDF) ↗ Source: Home Office DHR Library

Summary

The review identifies concerns regarding the victim's disengagement with statutory health services for the perpetrator's medical and mental health needs, leading to missed intervention opportunities. It highlights limitations in agency powers for Elective Home Education, challenges with non-compliant families, and issues with robust follow-up for missed appointments and patient de-registration.

Extracted recommendations

5 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	The Chair of the Safer Community Partnership writes to Minister for Education expressing continuing concerns that the guidance for Elective Home Education is not fit for purpose and requires an urgent review by the Department of Education to ensure that a more positive supervision and monitoring policy is introduced.	Safer Community Partnership \| Department of Education
2	All agencies to ensure that all front line professionals are aware of the West Mercia Inter-Agency Child Protection Procedures especially the Chapter adopted in April 2014, ‘Working with Hostile .Non-Compliant Clients and those who use Disguised Compliance’.	All agencies
3	Worcestershire Safeguarding Adult Board to consider formulating guidance similar to West Mercia Inter-Agency Child Protection Procedures ‘Working with Hostile, Non-Compliant Clients and those who use Disguised Compliance’ when works with adult children and their parents.	Worcestershire Safeguarding Adult Board
4	NHS England will alert GPs locally to ensure any non-attendance of appointments are robustly followed up through the organisations ‘Did Not Attend/Was not brought Policy ‘ . GPs should ensure their Practice has a documented process in place to liaise with HV/SN’s about transfers in or out of their Practice of children where there are safeguarding concerns.	NHS England \| GPs
5	NHS England will raise the issue of ‘de-registration’ at a national level as it pertains to the wider national patient records system with a recommendation to work towards an electronic solution of monitoring of de-registration.	NHS England
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗