Recommendation 1
CCGs to consider producing and offering primary care a general risk assessment tool with a summary signposting section.
Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗
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
Wokingham review
CSP: Wokingham
Published: September 2023
Year of death: 2016
Extracted: 2 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
Original review (PDF) ↗
Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary AI-generated
The report highlights a lack of a recognised risk assessment tool for suicidal ideation in general practice, which could have supported the GP's clinical decision-making regarding the perpetrator's mental state. No evidence of domestic abuse was found prior to the incident.
Home Office classifications
10 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
- Victim - serious or life limiting illness
- Perpetrator - case heard in court
- Perpetrator - mental ill health
- Perpetrator - anxiety
- Perpetrator - depression
- Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
- Aggravating factors - economic abuse
- DHR process - health services recommendations
- DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
- DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
Recommendation 2
Share good practice from other surgeries that have developed carers templates with a risk assessment across primary care to support the current embedded practice where GP flag records for carers.
Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗