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YouTube video by Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health UoM Suicide by Patients with Eating Disorders in England

Watch our video of NCISH Director, Professor Nav Kapur discussing the main findings and clinical recommendations from this study www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaAk...

Read our NCISH paper on suicide in patients with eating disorders in England, published in @thelancetpsych.bsky.social. Patient safety and #SuicidePrevention must remain urgent priorities for eating disorder services and #MentalHealth care more widely thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Proactive discussions about SRIU in clinical settings could improve risk identification and support planning. Addressing its harmful aspects while leveraging its potential for support requires integrated online and offline strategies. mental.jmir.org/2025/1/e70458/ @jmirpub.bsky.social

Read a recently published paper led by our @lanabojanic.bsky.social on suicide-related internet use (SRIU) among suicidal mental health patients in the UK. This study underscores the dual role of SRIU as a source of support & a potential risk for MH patients.

Did you know that we have summaries of some of our key NCISH publications on patient safety across the UK?

You can access all summaries at our website here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/catego...

Our website presents the most up-to-date suicide data, including all data we currently hold for deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2024 in the UK and Jersey. This will be updated on a quarterly basis as more data becomes available.

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At our 10th @ncish.bsky.social conference, Professor Jenny Shaw presented the findings and recommendations from this report. You can view the recording and download the slides from our website: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...

Have you read our NCISH report on suicide by people in contact with drug and alcohol services? We examined the factors related to suicide by people under the care of these services and make recommendations for practice to improve safety sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...

YouTube video by Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health UoM NCISH Annual Report 2025

You can also watch a summary video of findings from our 2025 Annual Report here:

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Our annual report is available in alternative formats, including:
- the full report (PDF)
- online, interactive report
- easy read version (also available in Welsh)
- infographic
- service user infographic (also available in Welsh)
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Our Annual Report 2025 provides findings related to people who died by suicide between 2012-2022 across the UK & Jersey. We also present findings on the number of people under #MentalHealth care who have been convicted of homicide, & those in the general population in the UK.

Have you got questions about our methods of data collection? See our website or click here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...

📣 There is still time to take part in our clinician bereavement study 📣

NCISH are examining the impact of the death of a patient by suicide on mental health clinicians.

Access the participant information sheet and questionnaire here: buff.ly/bvTyU22

Have you implemented our recommendations linked to lower patient suicide rates? Watch our short video about 10 ways to improve patient safety, and complete our Safer Services toolkit against your local audit data www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECJV... sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/#toolk...

Homicide by people with mental illness is a highly sensitive area. Our aim is to find robust evidence of how mental health services can improve safety. It is crucial to listen to victims’ families and challenge existing practice while remaining conscious of stigma & its effect on all patients.

An important new development at NCISH. We are resuming detailed data collection into patient homicide. This programme will expand on the national homicide inquiry that ended in 2018. We plan to explore new questions, additional methodologies & work closely with affected families.

Read our recently published paper examining the link between domestic violence and suicidality in women. Addressing the impacts of DV is an integral part of #SuicidePrevention
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We are supporting mental health organisations to implement a personalised approach to suicide risk assessment as part of the Culture of Care Programme. We have collated resources as part of this support: buff.ly/wwFLZR9

Take a look at our provisional patient suicide data (2012-2024). We will update the data every July to include an additional year, thus providing the most up-to-date figures.
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Our conclusions and recommendations to help prevent future deaths are focused on (1) safety concerns, (2) suicide prevention within university systems, (3) amendments to the UUK/PAPYRUS/Samaritans guidance, and (4) safety messages for the wider system.

We recently published a national review of higher education student suicide deaths.

You can find the report here: t.co/4ASENVl2h4

We have also produced an infographic & short video summarising our key findings:
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📣 There is still time to take part in our clinician bereavement study 📣

NCISH are examining the impact of the death of a patient by suicide on mental health clinicians.

Access the participant information sheet and questionnaire here: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Watch presentations on suicide and self-harm prevention by our Professor Sir Louis Appleby and Professor Nav Kapur, and from professional and lived experience contributors to our annual NCISH conferences: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...

Our website includes a number of resources:
- Evidence and clinical guidelines on suicide risk assessment
- Presentations from organisations which have already implemented their personalised risk assessment
- Infographics
- Recordings of learning events
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In Year 1, NCISH supported 10 mental health organisations to move towards a personalised approach to risk. Support includes site visits to discuss local plans, regular email contact, learning events on themes relevant to risk assessment, and online resources on our website.

Three weeks ago we launched year 2 of the Personalised Approach to Risk component of the Culture of Care programme. We are supporting an additional 50 mental health organisations in England to move away from risk stratification towards a personalised approach to risk

In addition, ex-prisoner patients were more likely to be male, to be aged between 45 and 65 years (median age 39, range 17–89), to live in deprived areas and to have a history of substance misuse. buff.ly/NhxsHNC

Services need to focus particularly on patients with a history of being in prison who are experiencing economic adversity. The link with deprivation is striking at a time at which rising costs of living are resulting in more health inequalities. buff.ly/dGqOzcr

Compared to patients with no history of being in prison, ex-prisoner patients had higher frequencies of personality disorder, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, as well as childhood abuse. buff.ly/dGqOzcr