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This guideline covers ways to reduce suicide and help people bereaved or affected by suicides. It aims to:
help local services work more effectively together to prevent suicide
identify and help people at risk
prevent suicide in places where it is currently more likely.
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The draft guideline advises local businesses, community services and prisons on the support people considering suicide need. It says physical barriers like fences and netting in problem areas may be enough to make people reconsider their intentions. Using CCTV could also allow staff to monitor when people may need help.
We’ve just heard that SSOTP will not be renewing their agreement with SSSFT LKS for library services for this financial year. Because of this we will be reviewing our Be Aware bulletins. Sadly we won’t be accepting any new sign-ups from SSOTP staff and will be withdrawing some of the physical healthcare bulletins that we…
Our review of the way NHS trusts review and investigate deaths has found that opportunities to learn from patient deaths are being missed – and too many families are not being included or listened to when an investigation takes place.
A year after a review commissioned by NHS England uncovered failings at Southern Health Foundation Trust, we look at how acute, community and mental health trusts across the country investigate and learn from deaths of people who have been in their care.
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Mental health services have an important role in the treatment of people at risk of suicide. Many people who attempt suicide have underlying mental health problems, and the treatment of these issues is crucial to reduce their suicide risk. In other areas of medicine, since the publication of the landmark report To Err is Human,1 there have been sustained efforts to reduce adverse events associated with health care.1,2 Internationally, an awareness has budded that effective clinical governance is a vital component of high-quality health care. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai