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
Bassetlaw review
CSP: BassetlawPublished: September 2023Year of death: 2017Extracted: 6 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
Concerns include GP practices' inadequate monitoring of prescribed medication and follow-up for dependent patients, alongside missed opportunities to offer support to carers disclosing mental health issues. The report also highlights the stigma men face in seeking mental health help and the impact of caring responsibilities on the perpetrator's mental state.
Home Office classifications
25 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - was a carer
Victim - carer assessed
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - present at homicide (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - was a carer
Perpetrator - carer assessed
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
6 recommendations pulled from the report · 2 matched to organisations in the index
GP practices should ensure that there are robust processes in place for monitoring the collection of prescribed medication and consider the impact of non-concordance of those with caring responsibilities
Addressed to
organisations supporting carers across the County | County’s Adult Safeguarding Board
When identified carers disclose mental health conditions such as stress, anxiety and low mood conversations should occur with the patient as to whether additional support is needed. Whilst this has arisen from the particular review, we feel that this recommendation and its context should be brought to the attention of all organisations supporting carers across the County and thus this review should be sighted by the County’s Adult Safeguarding Board.
Addressed to
suppliers of the Systmone system | NHS Digital | Department of Health
The suppliers of the Systmone system make the necessary upgrade to provide a WNB code and this is communicated to all users of the system, along with the reasons for using this new code. This is a national recommendation for NHS Digital (via the Department of Health) as the Panel feel that all users of Systmone would benefit from this additional code.
Where patients do not have the capacity to bring themselves to appointments as they are dependent upon carers, GP practices should ensure that there is a robust process for following up non-attendance for required health checks.
The CCG should work with primary care services to develop a carers’ charter which practices could use to support implementation of best practice for offering support to individuals who identify themselves as carers
Addressed to
public health bodies | Department of Health
(National) It is recommended that public health bodies are asked, through the Department of Health, to consider promotion around how people can access support if they are concerned about a family member. For example, posters about how women encourage men in their lives to access support if they are showing symptoms of prostate cancer.