The RCN, in collaboration with Public Health England (PHE), has launched a toolkit to guide nurses and other health professionals in the prevention of suicide in lesbian, gay, bisexual and
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Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford used a visit to the Samaritans in Cardiff to promote the Welsh Government’s new plan to reduce suicide and self harm and to
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A new five-year plan to reduce suicide and self harm in Wales has been unveiled for consultation by the Welsh Government. Each year in Wales between 300 and 350 people
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Mr Conor McCafferty has been appointed to the position of Chair of the Suicide Strategy Implementation Body for a term of three years. Speaking about the appointment, Health Minister Jim
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Talking therapy can prevent people bent on suicide from stepping over the brink, a study has found. Six to 10 counselling sessions reduced suicide deaths by more than a quarter
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Northern Ireland Health Minister Jim Wells has said that early intervention for positive mental health and wider measures to improve the quality of life are undoubtedly part of the long-term
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Mental health patients are at the highest risk of committing suicide in the first two weeks after leaving hospital, latest figures have shown. Data from the report entitled: National Confidential
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The University of Ulster has said new research it has carried out indicates a direct link between suicidal behaviour in Northern Ireland having experienced the violence of the Troubles first
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The Scottish Government’s strategy to reduce suicide focuses on 5 key themes of work in communities and in services with 11 commitments to continue the downward trend in suicides and
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