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Provisional patient suicide data (2012-2024) NCISH

We have updated our provisional patient suicide data on our website, 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: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...

You can also watch presentations from professional and lived experience contributors to our annual NCISH conferences and you can download our data slides on mental health patient suicide and homicide.

In November our Prof Kapur will be visiting Taiwan where he is the plenary lecture speaker at the 2025 Annual Congress of Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry. You can watch presentations on suicide & self-harm prevention by Profs Kapur & Appleby on our website buff.ly/JB13hSn

We have summaries of some of our key @NCISH.bsky.social publications on patient safety and suicide in the general population across the UK. You can access all summaries at our website here: buff.ly/uYOh39J

You can also watch an animated video of the key findings and recommendations from our @ncish.bsky.social national review of higher education student suicide deaths buff.ly/GkuAsJ7

We found numerous factors that may have contributed to suicide and that should be the target of future prevention. Two stood out: mental ill-health and academic problems. Several other factors (e.g., neurodiversity, financial problems) point to the need for targeted support.

Our aims were to collate key findings identified within these serious incident reports, assess the quality of serious incident reports against sector-wide & @ncish.bsky.social guidance for investigating serious incidents & identify examples of good practice and areas needing improvement.

Our most recent report is our national review of higher education student suicide deaths. We examined serious incident reports of suspected suicide deaths &incidents of non-fatal self-harm submitted by higher education providers (2003 & 2004)
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Help in a crisis NCISH

If you are in crisis or feeling suicidal, we urge you to seek help from your GP, local emergency department or through a telephone helpline service: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/help-i...

The @ncish.bsky.social team are currently working on the 2026 Annual Report. You can read our 2025 report where key themes focussed on:
-pts w/ bipolar disorder
-pts who miss contact
-non-adherence to treatment
-recent bereavement
manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report... #suicideprevention #mentalhealth

The ward teams present at the event reflected on their own practice and how to include lived experience perspectives in their new approach to risk. The afternoon ended with a panel discussion facilitated by Leah, Eloise and Charlotte.

Dr Leah Quinlivan spoke about the importance of safer systems, why we need to move away from stratified risk assessment, and to consider how risk assessments should incorporate equity principles.

The fifth and final Culture of Care learning network event took place yesterday in Bristol, with the afternoon session focused on a personalised approaches to risk.

Our @ncish.bsky.social Director Prof Nav Kapur enjoyed being back at his old medical school @universityofleeds.bsky.social giving his regular seminar on writing academic articles to health professionals. Here are some things he has learnt over the past 30 yrs. A recording of the talk available soon

Nina & Julie spoke about Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's co-produced Suicide Prevention, Safety Planning & Risk Assessment Training. Darren from Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust provided an update on the Trust’s progress with moving away from risk stratification.

Dr Leah Quinlivan @drleahquinlivan.bsky.social presented evidence on risk assessment of #selfharm and #suicide, current practice, and alternative approaches to risk stratification, with consideration of the Culture of Care equity principles.

The fourth Culture of Care learning network event took place yesterday in Sheffield. These learning events are focused on safety and relationships, two of the Culture of Care standards, with afternoon sessions focused on personalised approaches to risk.

Our @ncish.bsky.social Director Professor Kapur spoke at the conference about the importance of leaving no one behind, the need for compassionate psychosocial assessments for everyone following self-harm, timely interventions and about implementing research findings back into services

Colleagues from ncish.bsky.social and The Manchester Self-Harm Project (MASH) are at the suicide bereavement conference today

Attendees also reflected on their own services and practice related to adopting a personalised approach to risk. This session was facilitated by @drleahquinlivan.bsky.social, @dremmanielsen.bsky.social, Pea and Prof Kapur.

Tim Page spoke about Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust’s update approach to risk assessment, including changes to their assessment form which has removed stratification.

Our @ncish.bsky.social Director Professor Nav Kapur spoke about the importance of safer systems, why we need to move away from stratified risk assessment, and to consider how risk assessments should incorporate equity principles.

The third Culture of Care learning network event this month took place yesterday at Manchester, with the afternoon session focused on a personalised approach to risk. This event was facilitated by the Culture of Care delivery team and partners.

Implementing a personalised approach to risk

We have collated related resources as part of this support, including useful videos, examples of good practice, learning events, evidence and guidance and infographics summarising local work. sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...

He also outlined the support from NCISH for mental health organisations with implementing a personalised approach to suicide risk assessment, the importance of including lived experience throughout and learning from local approaches

Prof Kapur spoke about why we should move away from risk stratification and towards a personalised and comprehensive approach to risk

@ncish.bsky.social Director Professor Nav Kapur presented at the Culture of Care learning network event in London yesterday. These learning events are focused on safety and relationships, two of the Culture of Care programme standards www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-ca...

To find out more about the programme and access resources, including useful videos, examples of good practice, learning events and evidence and guidance please see our website sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...

Today some of the NCISH team are at a Learning Network Event in Leicester as part of the Culture of Care programme, in collaboration with National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH). Prof Nav Kapur is presenting on the ‘Personalised Approach to Risk’ element of the programme.

The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health delivers high quality education and training for health professionals and life scientists. We have a global reputation for research with real-world… National review of key findings

You can also watch an animated video of the key findings and recommendations from our
national review of higher education student suicide deaths www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO1U...