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Suicide prevention communications guidance

 This guide offers practical tips for developing responsible suicide prevention messages for awareness-raising and campaign work.

Self-harm and suicide by sexual orientation in England and Wales: March 2021 to December 2023

 The ONS has linked census data with NHS and death records to estimate suicide and self-harm risk by sexual orientation in England and Wales.

Staying safe from suicide: Best practice guidance for safety assessment, formulation and management

 This guidance promotes a shift towards a more holistic, person-centred approach to safety planning.

Suicide prevention principles: from policy to practice

 This report from the Suicide Prevention Consortium supports the principles of ‘no wrong door’ to accessing support and person-centred care.

The truth about self-harm

 This guide on self-harm by the Mental Health Foundation is for young people, their families and friends. It will help you understand more about self-harm.

Inquiry into young people and suicide

 The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention (APPG) has published a report on young people and suicide.

Involving young people with lived and living experience of suicide in suicide research

 This study collaborated with young people to create guidance that helps researchers confidently involve them in research.

When our sibling has died by suicide

 NSPA member The Compassionate Friends produced this support guide for people who have lost a sibling of any age to suicide.

Suicides in England and Wales: 2023 registrations

 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.

Collective responsibility, collective action to prevent student suicide

 This guidance aims to help institutions in the higher education sector to reduce risk and restrict access to means of suicide.

Moving towards individualised risk management

 Storm Skills Training CIC have launched a new resource to support professionals to meet the NICE clinical guidance on the assessment and management of self-harm.

Impacts of suicide in Punjabi communities

 Sehhat and the Sikh Forgiveness project developed a study to understand how Punjabi communities can tackle the need for better support relating to suicide.

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