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Suicide bereavement in the UK: Descriptive findings from a national survey

 Those bereaved by suicide are a high-risk group of adverse health outcomes and suicidal behavior, yet little is known about the experiences and support needs of these individuals in the UK. We conducted a national...

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health Annual Report 2022

 The 2022 annual report from the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) provides findings relating to people aged 10 and over who died by suicide between 2009 and 2019 across all...

Kent and Medway CYP Suicide Prevention Network Audit Sub Group: Three features and four golden threads of positive practice when supporting care leavers who express suicidal thoughts

 In January 2021, an audit sub-group of the Kent and Medway Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention Network was established to improve the support for Children & Young People (CYP) at risk of suicide and self-harm. Practice...

Samaritans: Insights from experience: alcohol and suicide

 Following survey activity late in 2021 looking at alcohol use, suicide and self-harm, the Suicide Prevention Consortium has published a policy briefing and two-page ‘snapshot’ with findings and recommendations.

Adult Self-harm Management Toolkit NHSE: Mid and South Essex Self-harm and Suicide Prevention Programme

 The focus of this toolkit is on spotting the signs of self-harm and how to respond to it, as well as raising awareness of self-harm and where to find support.

Samaritans: Towards a suicide-safer internet

 Samaritans launched a new report, Towards a Suicide-Safer Internet, to mark Safer Internet Day 2022. The report outlines a vision for a suicide-safer internet and the role that government and industry need to play in...

Suicide in Children and Young People – National Child Mortality Database

 This report draws on data from the NCMD to identify the common characteristics of children and young people who die by suicide,

First Hand: a support guide for people who have witnessed a suicide of someone they didn’t know

 This guide, created by the Support After Suicide Partnership, Thrive LDN, Grassroots and Sussex Health and Care Partnership, is designed to support anyone affected by witnessing a suicide of someone they did not know.

Suicides in England and Wales: 2020 registrations – ONS data and Samaritans’ summary

 New suicide statistics for England and Wales were released by the Office for National Statistics on 7th September 2021. The data covers registered deaths in England and Wales. This resource includes the ONS data as well...

Visiting your General Practitioner: A guide for young people with lived experience of self-harm or suicidality

 This guide is designed to support young people with taking the first steps towards getting help with a mental health crisis. It was developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham in partnership with the Youth...

ONS Mortality from leading causes of death by ethnic group, England and Wales: 2012 to 2019

 This article presents experimental statistics on ethnic differences in leading causes of death in England and Wales, using death registrations linked to self-reported ethnicity from the 2011 Census.

Self‑harm in children 12 years and younger: characteristics and outcomes based on the Multicentre Study of Self‑harm in England

 This study describes the characteristics and outcomes of children under 13 years who presented following self-harm to five hospitals in England.

Leeds GATE Don’t Be Beat Project Evaluation and Learning

 This report summarises the findings of Don't Be Beat, a project aimed to increase support networks available to Gypsies and Travellers in West Yorkshire experiencing mental distress and suicidal ideation.

Self-harm and the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of factors contributing to self-harm during lockdown restrictions – ScienceDirect

 This study by Science Direct investigates what factors related to the pandemic influenced hospital presentations following self-harm during lockdown in England.

Samaritans: One year on: how the coronavirus pandemic has affected wellbeing and suicidality

 This report brings together analysis of anonymous Samaritans’ service data from calls and emails, and primary research with their listening volunteers, which took place at 7 different points during the year since...

Suicide by middle-aged men

 This report from NCISH (National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health) describes findings from a national study combining multiple sources of information to examine the factors related to...

Bipolar UK: moving support online during Covid-19 (film)

 Simon Kitchen, CEO of Bipolar UK, explains how the charity responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic by moving support online.

Engaging men earlier: a guide to service design

 This new handbook on engaging men earlier from Samaritans provides five key principles for wellbeing groups, based on what men said was important to them.

Samaritans policy briefs: Suicide and self-harm prevention during Coronavirus

 Samaritans have published a series of short documents exploring the effects of the pandemic on three groups of concern.

Samaritans guidelines for managing self-harm and suicide online

 Samaritans launched their Managing Self Harm and Suicide Content Online guidelines in Sept 2020. Whilst the internet provides invaluable resources for individuals experiencing self-harm and suicidal feelings. It does...

Mind Your Language

 The purpose of this report is to provide quantitative and qualitative information about the language men use in talking about mental health, with a view to providing recommendations for how services might best reach out...

Local Suicide Prevention Planning: A Practice Resource

 Suicide prevention remains a national priority. At a local level it is encouraging to see that all Local Authorities have suicide prevention action plans and multi-agency partnerships in place; testament to the hard...

Self-harm Management Toolkit for Educational Settings

 This toolkit from Essex, Southend on Sea and Thurrock councils in collaboration with the NHS is to support those working with school-age children and young people under 18 in educational settings

Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak

 This UN-led briefing note summarizes key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The brief was last updated February 2020.

Suicide-Safer Universities

 Universities UK and PAPYRUS, the UK’s national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide, have published guidance to help university leaders prevent student suicides. At least 95 university students took...

Finding the words

 This short postvention guide, developed at UCL, is aimed at helping people reach out and offer support to someone bereaved by suicide.

How to cope with suicidal feelings

 This booklet from Mind is for anyone experiencing suicidal feelings. It explains what suicidal feelings are, why you might feel that way, how you can help yourself cope right now, and in the long-term.

Help is at Hand

 A postvention support guide for people affected by suicide, with both emotional and practical support. This revised guide includes new information for children and military families, as well as information on the...

Suicidal thoughts – how to support someone

 Suicide is when someone purposely ends their own life. This factsheet, written by Rethink Mental Illness, looks at why someone might think about suicide and how you can help them.

Responding to the death of a colleague in Primary Care: A postvention framework

 Written by Professor Gail Kinman, Birkbeck, University of London and Dr Rebecca Torry, an experienced GP and trustee of The Louise Tebboth Foundation, the report draws on interviews with people working in GP practices...

Suicide prevention strategy for England 2012

 HM Government’s cross-government strategy for reducing suicide, including six key objectives:

Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Work-plan

 The first cross-government suicide prevention work-plan, which outlines how the government will work with the NHS, local government and the voluntary sector to reduce suicides, and sets out the actions being taken up to...

Progress reports on England’s suicide prevention strategy

 HM Government’s progress reports for 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Health Select Committee Report on inquiry into suicide prevention strategy – 2017

 Report from the Health Select Committee following an inquiry into the Government’s suicide prevention strategy.

NICE Quality Standard – Suicide Prevention

 This quality standard covers ways to reduce suicide and help people bereaved or affected by suicide. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.

Autistica Action Briefing: Suicide Prevention

 Autistica is the UK’s autism research charity. This briefing summarises the most important scientific findings about suicide in the autistic community. It was developed in collaboration with leading researchers,...

Internet Safety Strategy: Green paper & Response to the Consultation

 Through this green paper the Government sets out details on how they must play a greater role in tackling issues of online harms. The government addresses online safety by bringing groups across society together to...

Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: A Green Paper & Response to the Consultation

 This green paper builds on Future in Mind and the ongoing expansion of NHS-funded provision, and sets out the Government’s ambition to ensure that children and young people showing early signs of distress are able to...

NICE Quality Standards

 This quality standard covers the initial management of self-harm and the provision of longer-term support for children and young people (aged 8 to 18) and adults (aged 18 and over) who self-harm. It describes...

Five Year Forward View

 A report from the independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England – February 2016

Local Suicide Prevention Planning: A Practice Resource (Sept 2020)

 Suicide prevention remains a national priority. At a local level it is encouraging to see that all Local Authorities have suicide prevention action plans and multi-agency partnerships in place; testament to the hard...

Local Government Association and NSPA Case Studies

 The Local Government Association and NSPA worked together to develop case studies around the innovative local government and council programmes to improve the lives of people within communities.

Case studies

 Case studies with examples of local suicide prevention work, from police and NHS initiatives, fire and rescue services to local authority mental health teams and Citizens Advice.

Information sheets

 Information sheets created in collaboration between the National Suicide Prevention Alliance and Public Health England.

Slideset: local suicide prevention planning

 This slideset puts the local suicide prevention planning practice resource into an easily digestible presentation format. It is a great tool for anyone needing to make the case for suicide prevention and key areas of...

Providing support after suicide services: a suite of resources

 Supporting people affected by suicide is an essential part of suicide prevention and to complement the guidance for local authorities in suicide prevention planning we worked with Public Health England and the Support...

Local Suicide Prevention films – How local organisations can work together to engage people with lived experience of suicide

 Steven Gilbert, an expert on suicide prevention by his own lived experience, discusses various topics on the area of working with people with lived experience and collaboration between different agencies. Lorna Fraser,...

The importance of responsible reporting of suicide (film)

 Lorna Fraser, Media Advisor at Samaritans, discusses the portrayal of suicide in the media and online, including how it can be improved and what to do if you’re worried about someone.

Local Suicide Prevention Planning in England

 A report from Samaritans and University of Exeter on the breadth and depth of local suicide prevention planning within local authorities.

NICE Guidelines: Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings

 Public Health England worked alongside the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) to launch NICE’s new guidelines for suicide prevention in community and custodial settings. The guidelines cover ways to...

Self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks

 Health Education England (HEE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) have launched a series of self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks.

No health without mental health

 This mental health outcomes strategy looks to communities as well as the state, to promote independence and choice, reflecting the recent vision for adult social care. It sets out how the Government, working with all...

Consensus statement on information sharing

 Families bereaved by suicide have expressed concern about their experiences with services, and issues of confidentiality. They have raised concerns that practitioners can seem reluctant to take information from families...

From Grief To Hope

 This report, ‘From Grief to Hope’, comes from Manchester University and Support After Suicide Partnership, and shares the findings from a survey of over 7000 people bereaved by suicide, about the impact the...

Samaritans Pushed from pillar to post

 In October 2020, Samaritans launched their “Pushed from pillar to post” report. This report shows there is no consistent, effective support in England for people who self-harm and urgent improvements are needed. It...

Report on APPG inquiry into support available for young people who self-harm

 In September 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention launched their report on the inquiry into support available for young people who self-harm. This inquiry was carried out by a panel...

Self-harm Management Toolkit for Educational Settings

 This toolkit from Essex, Southend on Sea and Thurrock councils in collaboration with the NHS is to support those working with school-age children and young people under 18 in educational settings

Suicide-Safer Universities

 Universities UK and PAPYRUS, the UK’s national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide, have published guidance to help university leaders prevent student suicides. At least 95 university students took...

Building Suicide-Safer Schools and Colleges

 PAPYRUS has developed a guide to support teachers and school staff in building suicide-safer schools. The guide, which is downloadable on their webpage, provides school staff with an understanding of the most effective...

Men and suicide: why it’s a social issue

 Samaritans research report, exploring the questions ‘why are men in mid-life, from disadvantaged backgrounds, more at risk of suicide?’ and ‘what should be done to reduce suicide in this group of men?’. With an...

Dying from inequality

 Socioeconomic disadvantage is a key risk factor for suicidal behaviour, and this report by Samaritans seeks to explain the reasons why.

Autistica Action Briefing: Suicide Prevention

 Autistica is the UK’s autism research charity. This briefing summarises the most important scientific findings about suicide in the autistic community. It was developed in collaboration with leading researchers,...

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health annual reports

 The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health annual reports provide findings relating to people who died by suicide or were convicted of homicide across all UK countries. Additional...

MaSH Learning: Management of Self-Harm in the Emergency Department

 This online learning resource has been developed by researchers at the Manchester Self-Harm (MaSH) Project, which is part of the Centre for Suicide Prevention, a leading UK centre for research into suicidal behaviour...

Supporting online communities

 In recognition of the increasing importance of online communities as spaces for peer and emotional support, we have developed guidance for online community moderators in responding to suicidal content.

Samaritans prisons data – Unlocking the evidence

 This report looks at key trends in prison suicide rates and presents what Samaritans know about why some people in prison take their own lives. The reasons, as with all suicides, are complex. It is suggested that the...

Help is at Hand

 A postvention support guide for people affected by suicide, with both emotional and practical support. This revised guide includes new information for children and military families, as well as information on the...

Preventing suicide among trans young people

 RCN and PHE guidance for health professionals looking to increase their skills and knowledge of suicide prevention strategies with trans young people.

Understanding Suicidal Distress and Promoting Survival in LGBT Communities

 This qualitative study written by MindOut, Children’s and Young Peoples Trust, University of Brighton, Brighton and Sussex Community Knowledge Exchange and Allsorts Young Project outlines key themes that underpin the...

Suicide and self-harm in Britain: researching risk and resilience using UK surveys

 This study from NatCen informs self-harm and suicide prevention work through survey analysis and consultation with people with lived experience. You can read more on their website www.natcen.ac.uk

NICE Quality Standards – Self-Harm

 This quality standard covers the initial management of self-harm and the provision of longer-term support for children and young people (aged 8 to 18) and adults (aged 18 and over) who self-harm. It describes...

Self-harm in older adults

 Keele University has created a leaflet which aims to give information to people affected by self-harm in adulthood.

Preventing suicide among lesbian, gay and bisexual young people

 RCN and PHE guidance for health professionals looking to increase their skills and knowledge of suicide prevention strategies with LGB young people.

Help when we needed it most

 Samaritans has offered the Step by Step service to schools and colleges in the UK since 2010. Samaritans have a team of trained volunteers, called Postvention Advisors who are available to offer practical support and...

Providing support after suicide services: a suite of resources

 Supporting people affected by suicide is an essential part of suicide prevention and to complement the guidance for local authorities in suicide prevention planning we worked with Public Health England and the Support...

Loneliness, suicide and young people

 Around 200 young people die by suicide every year. This report investigates the relationship between loneliness and suicide in young people, and if or how they may be connected.

A Silent Killer: Breaking the link between financial difficulty and suicide

 The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute have published a report exploring the evidence around debt and suicidal thoughts and actions, and suicide prevention recommendations for government, local authorities and...

Domestic abuse and suicide: Exploring the links

 This research, undertaken by Refuge and the University of Warwick, provides detailed substantial and original evidence on the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts amongst domestically abused people in the UK. It...

NCISH Suicide in England since the COVID-19 pandemic

 NCISH examined the suicide figures established by “real-time surveillance” (RTS) systems in several parts of England, total population 9 million, comparing the months pre-lockdown (January-March 2020) to...

Case studies: how organisations have responded to Covid-19

 Throughout Covid-19, the NSPA has been holding online discussions around suicide prevention and bereavement support, bringing together people from public health, the NHS, charities and businesses to share their...

Webinar: Reaching and supporting children and young people during Covid-19

 On 19th October, the NSPA hosted a webinar on Reaching and Supporting Children and Young People During Covid-19. It included three organisations with different services, all of which have had to adapt in response to...

Webinar: Self-harm prevention during Covid-19

 On 16th October, NSPA hosted a webinar exploring Self-Harm during Covid-19. It included two organisations with different services: Keith Waters, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Multicentre Study of...

Webinar: Reaching and supporting men during Covid-19

 On 15th September NSPA hosted a webinar exploring the issues facing men during Covid-19, and how organisations are reaching out to and supporting them. It featured presentations from Joe Potter, Policy Manager at...

Public Health England COVID-19: mental health and wellbeing surveillance report

 This report presents close to real time intelligence on the mental health and wellbeing of the population in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. It compiles routinely updated indicators from multiple sources and...

COVID-19, unemployment, and suicide

 The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in the unemployment rate worldwide. In this study they modelled the effect of unemployment on suicide on the basis of global public data from 63 countries, and they observed...

Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic

 This report examines how the mental health effects of the pandemic might be profound and there are suggestions that suicide rates will rise, although this is not inevitable. Suicide is likely to become a more pressing...

A New Social Contract for a mentally healthier society

 To support the nation’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic a coalition of over 50 voluntary and social sector organisations have urged the government to work with them to create a new mental health renewal plan for...

Covid-19: understanding inequalities in mental health during the pandemic

 This briefing was written by Centre for Mental Health with expert input from members of a task group delegated by a group of national mental health charities that are working together to understand and respond to...

Covid-19 and the nation’s mental health Forecasting needs and risks in the UK: July 2020

 This is Centre for Mental Health’s second forecast on the implications of Covid-19 for the mental health of the UK population, in both the short- and long term.

Coronavirus: Mental Health in the Pandemic

 The Mental Health Foundation is leading this ongoing, UK-wide, long-term study of how the pandemic is affecting people’s mental health, working with the University of Cambridge, Swansea University, the University of...

COVID-19 Social Study – UCL

 The COVID-19 Social Study is a research study run by University College London, exploring the effects of the virus and social distancing measures on adults in the UK during the outbreak of COVID-19.

From Grief To Hope

 This report, ‘From Grief to Hope’, comes from Manchester University and Support After Suicide Partnership, and shares the findings from a survey of over 7000 people bereaved by suicide, about the impact the...

NCISH Suicide in England since the COVID-19 pandemic

 NCISH examined the suicide figures established by “real-time surveillance” (RTS) systems in several parts of England, total population 9 million, comparing the months pre-lockdown (January-March 2020) to...

ONS suicide statistics 2006-2020

 Quarterly suicide death registrations in England: 2001 to 2019 registrations and Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020 provisional data

Samaritans suicide statistics reports

 These reports pull together the data about deaths by suicide for the UK and Republic of Ireland, which is available from official statistics bodies and provides a description of the latest suicide rates. They also...

PHE’s Fingertips Suicide Prevention Profile

 The Fingertips Suicide Prevention Profile was produced to help develop understanding at a local level and support an intelligence driven approach to suicide prevention. It collates and presents a range of publicly...

Men and suicide: why it’s a social issue

 Samaritans research report, exploring the questions ‘why are men in mid-life, from disadvantaged backgrounds, more at risk of suicide?’ and ‘what should be done to reduce suicide in this group of men?’. With an...

Suicide by occupation, England: 2011 to 2015

 The analyses from the Office for National Statistics are based on deaths registered in England between 2011 and 2015. Suicide was defined using the National Statistics definition which includes both intentional...

Dying from inequality

 Socioeconomic disadvantage is a key risk factor for suicidal behaviour, and this report by Samaritans seeks to explain the reasons why.

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health annual reports

 The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health annual reports provide findings relating to people who died by suicide or were convicted of homicide across all UK countries. Additional...

MaSH Learning: Management of Self-Harm in the Emergency Department

 This online learning resource has been developed by researchers at the Manchester Self-Harm (MaSH) Project, which is part of the Centre for Suicide Prevention, a leading UK centre for research into suicidal behaviour...

Samaritans prisons data – Unlocking the evidence

 This report looks at key trends in prison suicide rates and presents what Samaritans know about why some people in prison take their own lives. The reasons, as with all suicides, are complex. It is suggested that the...

Strengthening the frontline

 This report from Samaritans and Centre for Mental Health explored the role of GP services in helping people who are at risk of suicide, reviewing the evidence about what GPs and their colleagues could do to help save...

Suicide and self-harm in Britain: researching risk and resilience using UK surveys

 This study from NatCen informs self-harm and suicide prevention work through survey analysis and consultation with people with lived experience. You can read more on their website www.natcen.ac.uk

Loneliness, suicide and young people

 Around 200 young people die by suicide every year. This report investigates the relationship between loneliness and suicide in young people, and if or how they may be connected.

Understanding and preventing suicide: A psychological perspective

 The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute have published a report exploring the evidence around debt and suicidal thoughts and actions, and suicide prevention recommendations for government, local authorities and...

A Silent Killer: Breaking the link between financial difficulty and suicide

 The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute have published a report exploring the evidence around debt and suicidal thoughts and actions, and suicide prevention recommendations for government, local authorities and...

Self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks

 Health Education England (HEE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) have launched a series of self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks.

Building Suicide-Safer Schools and Colleges

 PAPYRUS has developed a guide to support teachers and school staff in building suicide-safer schools. The guide, which is downloadable on their webpage, provides school staff with an understanding of the most effective...

Samaritans’ media guidelines for reporting suicide

 In August 2020, Samaritans launched the sixth edition of their media guidelines to incorporate the latest research on the impact of reported suicides in the media on suicide rates. On average, more than 6,000...

Supporting someone who feels suicidal

 This booklet from Mind explains how to support someone who feels suicidal, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.

Coping with loss factsheet

 Losing someone you care about to suicide is devastating and can make you feel many different ways. This factsheet, written by Rethink Mental Illness, looks at what support is available when someone you know has taken...

It’s safe to talk about suicide

 Short leaflet to provide guidance on what you could say or do if you are worried that someone may be thinking about suicide.

Coping with self-harm

 This guide has been developed, by researchers at the University of Oxford, through talking to parents and carers of young people, and is aimed at helping parents, carers, other family members and friends cope when a...

The truth about self-harm

 This booklet, created by the Mental Health Foundation, aims to help you understand more about self-harm and what to do if you are worried about yourself or someone else. It explains what self-harm is, what to do if you...

Save this card – it might save a life

 For World Suicide Prevention Day 2016 the NSPA and its members produced ‘save this card’ z-cards with tips on how to look after yourself and how to look out for your mates.

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health

 This toolkit has been developed by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) from the NICE Quality Standard (QS34) covering the initial management of self-harm and the provision...

Coping with self-harm

 This guide has been developed, by researchers at the University of Oxford, through talking to parents and carers of young people, and is aimed at helping parents, carers, other family members and friends cope when a...

The truth about self-harm

 This booklet, created by the Mental Health Foundation, aims to help you understand more about self-harm and what to do if you are worried about yourself or someone else. It explains what self-harm is, what to do if you...

Suicide prevention toolkit for workplaces

 Business in the Community has partnered with Public Health England to produce an online interconnected suite of toolkits to help every organisation support the mental and physical health and wellbeing of its employees.

Suicide postvention toolkit for workplaces

 Business in the Community has partnered with Public Health England to produce an online interconnected suite of toolkits to help every organisation support the mental and physical health and wellbeing of its employees....

Identifying and responding to suicide clusters

 This PHE document is for people with responsibility for suicide prevention in local authorities and their partner agencies.

Preventing suicides in public places

 PHE guidance for those with responsibility for suicide prevention in local authorities and their partner agencies. It has been developed to help them contribute to the delivery of the national suicide prevention...

Supporting online communities

 In recognition of the increasing importance of online communities as spaces for peer and emotional support, we have developed guidance for online community moderators in responding to suicidal content.

Preventing suicide among trans young people

 RCN and PHE guidance for health professionals looking to increase their skills and knowledge of suicide prevention strategies with trans young people.

Preventing suicide among lesbian, gay and bisexual young people

 RCN and PHE guidance for health professionals looking to increase their skills and knowledge of suicide prevention strategies with LGB young people.

NICE Guidelines: Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings

 Public Health England worked alongside the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) to launch NICE’s new guidelines for suicide prevention in community and custodial settings. The guidelines cover ways to...

Providing support after suicide services: a suite of resources

 Supporting people affected by suicide is an essential part of suicide prevention and to complement the guidance for local authorities in suicide prevention planning we worked with Public Health England and the Support...

Self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks

 Health Education England (HEE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) have launched a series of self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks.

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health

 This toolkit has been developed by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) from the NICE Quality Standard (QS34) covering the initial management of self-harm and the provision...

Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme

 The Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme has been established in response to a national commitment to reduce deaths by suicide by 10%, by 2020/21. Additional funding has been allocated to eight...

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health

 This toolkit has been developed by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) from the NICE Quality Standard (QS34) covering the initial management of self-harm and the provision...

Preventing suicide a global imperative WHO report

 This report from the World Health Organisation encourages countries to continue the good work where it is already on-going, and to place suicide prevention high on the agenda, regardless of where a country stands...

Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme

 The Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme has been established in response to a national commitment to reduce deaths by suicide by 10%, by 2020/21. Additional funding has been allocated to eight...

Mental Health Needs of the Perinatal Population During the COVID-19 Crisis

 This report, by the Health Innovation Network, focuses on the mental health needs of the perinatal population during the COVID-19 crisis and how the changes enforced by the virus are affecting these needs.

NSPA Online Discussion Groups – COVID-19

 NCISH examined the suicide figures established by “real-time surveillance” (RTS) systems in several parts of England, total population 9 million, comparing the months pre-lockdown (January-March 2020) to...

Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme

 The Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme has been established in response to a national commitment to reduce deaths by suicide by 10%, by 2020/21. Additional funding has been allocated to eight...

Thames Valley Real-Time Suicide Surveillance System

 This resource pack has been designed for Coroners, Police, Local Authority Public Health Suicide Prevention Leads and others who are involved in suicide prevention work. The three key purposes of this resource pack are...

Providing a lifeline: Effective scrutiny of local strategies to prevent or reduce suicide

 The Centre for Public Scrutiny has collaborated with the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Public Health to create a guide that aims to help councillors and local scrutiny committees build...

Suicide prevention webinar

 Following the publication of guidance on local suicide prevention planning, a series of master-classes were held across the country. This page provides a webinar version of those classes, to help any organisation better...

Highways England suicide prevention strategy

 Their suicide prevention strategy outlines how they will improve the safety of our roads by reducing the number of people who attempt to take their lives and reduce the devastating impact suicide has when these...

Wellbeing and Mental Health during COVID-19

 The Mental Health Foundation is leading this ongoing, UK-wide, long-term study of how the pandemic is affecting people’s mental health, working with the University of Cambridge, Swansea University, the University of...

Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak

 This UN-led briefing note summarizes key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The brief was last updated February 2020.

Domestic abuse and suicide: Exploring the links

 This research, undertaken by Refuge and the University of Warwick, provides detailed substantial and original evidence on the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts amongst domestically abused people in the UK. It...

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