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 WorcestershirePublished: August 2023Year of death: 2014Extracted: 3 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identified missed opportunities by health and social care agencies to recognise and respond to escalating domestic abuse, particularly concerning the perpetrator's deteriorating mental health and the victim's disclosures. There was a lack of integrated risk assessment and adherence to domestic abuse guidance.
Home Office classifications
28 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - serious or life limiting illness
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - cognitive disorder (dementia or alzheimer's disease)
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - idva or other domestic abuse support service recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
3 recommendations pulled from the report · 2 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
NHS England | NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG | NHS Wyre Forest CCG | NHS South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Groups
NHS England should circulate the NICE Guidance 2014 and the RCGP 2012 guidance on Domestic Abuse to all Worcestershire GPs. NHS England and NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove, NHS Wyre Forest and NHS South Worcestershire Clinical commissioning Groups (CCGs) should support local GPs to implement guidance and offer additional training.
West Mercia Police to confirm with Worcestershire Community Partnership within 6 months of the date of this report that information regarding the dissemination of the use of Domestic Violence Protection Notices has been completed for all officers within the force.
Addressed to
Worcestershire Forum Against Domestic Abuse
Worcestershire Forum Against Domestic Abuse to review and update the Multi Agency Procedures to ensure that they are visible to professionals on the website on the ‘Information for Professionals’ page.