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.

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Summary

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.

Extracted recommendations

2 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	CCGs to consider producing and offering primary care a general risk assessment tool with a summary signposting section.	Clinical Commissioning Groups
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.	Clinical Commissioning Groups
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗