Suicidal patients who are under observation may be put at risk by relying on inexperienced staff and agency nurses, according to a new report issued today. Commissioned by the Healthcare
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A review of the rise in prison suicides last year suggests “some association” with overcrowding and prisoners spending less time outside their cells, the prisons complaints watchdog has said. However,
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The number of people killing themselves in the UK rose in 2013, official figures revealed today, as male suicides hit their highest rate in more than a decade. A total
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A national study of every NHS mental health service in the UK has found that high turnover of staff and more patient complaints could be linked to suicide risk among
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The number of prisoners taking their own lives has risen to a seven-year high, with Government cuts to staff being blamed for the growing problem. Fourteen of the 82 people
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Proposals to legalise assisted suicide will today be scrutinised by MSPs on the Health and Sport Committee. The Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill is at stage one of the parliamentary scrutiny
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A new video has been produced by campaigners who back plans to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland. The video aims to tackle some of the “misconceptions and misunderstandings” surrounding the
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Disability campaigners have voiced concern about an attempt to change the law on assisted dying as the legislation faced its latest parliamentary hurdle. But supporters of a change claimed opponents
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The public backs the principle of state-assisted suicide for the terminally ill but has serious concerns that in practice the system would be open to abuse, put undue pressure on
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Almost one in six mental health patients are attempting suicide as they face “unacceptably long” waits for help, experts have warned. Many patients waiting for psychological therapies have also self-harmed
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