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
St Helens review
CSP: St Helens
Published: September 2023
Year of death: 2004
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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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
The review identified missed opportunities to assess the perpetrator's role as a carer, particularly given his own mental health issues and the victim's increasing dependency. Concerns were also raised about the detail in GP records, medication management, and the need to address the stigma of mental health in older people.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 14.1 | The panel recommends that relevant agencies consider the development of a protocol where elderly persons identified as carers and where mental health features in the relationship, are signposted as appropriate to primary care, secondary care and 3rd party sectors to ensure access to help and support. | St. Helens Community Safety Partnership | Primary Care Services | 5 Borough Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | Age UK Mid Mersey | Chrysalis Centre for Change | Helena Partnerships |
| 14.2 | The panel considers that the case could be recognised as an opportunity to deliver a local publicity campaign to challenge perceptions and heighten awareness around mental health and the elderly. The campaign could target not just the elderly, but families, carers, and those practitioners working closest with the elderly, to educate and breakdown barriers and stigmas associated with mental health, to promote health and wellbeing and to promote services available. | St. Helens Community Safety Partnership | St. Helens Council | NHS St. Helens CCG | 5 Borough Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | Age UK Mid Mersey | Chrysalis Centre for Change | Helena Partnerships |
| 14.3 | The panel recommends that the issues regarding drugs dosage and interactions identified by the review (see sections 9.13/14 overview report) are formally reported to GP practice 2 as learning points, and the value of meaningful detailed patient notes, the recording of decisions and rationale be considered as learning points for both GP practices. (see section 9.15 overview report.) | GP practice 1 | GP practice 2 |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||