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

Barnet review

CSP: Barnet Published: September 2023 Year of death: 2011 Extracted: 5 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 review found that the case, primarily involving the perpetrator's mental health issues, did not exhibit typical domestic violence characteristics. It concluded that the DHR process was disproportionate and costly, yielding no new lessons beyond a prior mental health review.

Extracted recommendations

5 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	This report should be shared with both practices.	Dr D1's practice \| Dr D2's practice
2	The GPs should seek the support of NHS North Central London in developing an action plan around improving their record keeping.	GPs \| NHS North Central London
3	Procedure for completing the 24 hour report system needs to be reviewed. The recording of information, so ensuring an audit trail is in place, confirming the notification of key stakeholders and regulators, has been identified as best practice.	Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust
4	It is recommended that the trust practice concerning Medical Secretaries not being permitted to enter information in RiO be reviewed. The Medical Secretary who took the call from the patients GP at 11:25am was required to write the message on scrap paper, as opposed to enter directly into RiO. Accurate recording of the patient story would be enhanced if such telephone messages could be recorded directly into RiO notes.	Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust
5	As one telephone contact was not recorded on RiO. The importance of entering information on to RiO, in a timely manner, should be re-enforced Trust wide.	Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗