SUICIDE REVIEWS Safer mental health services reducing suicide

AIMS Establish a national suicide reporting and learning system to: • improve NHS boards’

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE • Suicide Review Team Network • Online learning portal – Families

MAKING SENSE OF THE NATIONAL PICTURE • National Confidential Inquiry into Suicides and Homicides

RESEARCH AREAS • Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder • Clinical IT systems: problems with interface

RESEARCH AREAS • Family and carers: – Communication with families and carers – Involvement

CONTACTS The Suicide Review Project Team • hcis. Suicide. Review. Team@nhs. net • Pamela

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SUICIDE REVIEWS Safer mental health services: reducing suicide risk Anna Wimberley & Jamie Malcolm

AIMS Establish a national suicide reporting and learning system to: • improve NHS boards’ suicide reviews • identify national trends and learning themes • facilitate service improvements • make mental health services safer for people at risk of suicide

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE • Suicide Review Team Network • Online learning portal – Families and carers – NHS boards’ protocols and best practice – Shared dataset – Learning and development

MAKING SENSE OF THE NATIONAL PICTURE • National Confidential Inquiry into Suicides and Homicides by People with Mental Illness • Choose Life • Scottish Suicide Information Database • Scottish Public Health Observatory • Health and Safety Executive • Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service • Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland • Scottish Government Suicide Prevention Strategy Implementation Group • HIS: Scottish Patient Safety Programme for Mental Health / Suicide Reporting and Learning System

RESEARCH AREAS • Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder • Clinical IT systems: problems with interface with paper based systems/local authority systems • Technology – slow door opening mechanisms/key pads • Maintaining a safe environment in hospital • Observation and supervision practices • Interaction between drug and alcohol services and mental health services • Multi-disciplinary training in suicide risk reduction • Outcome measures - measuring the impact of improvement process

RESEARCH AREAS • Family and carers: – Communication with families and carers – Involvement of relatives in risk assessment, eg relapse signature development and crisis planning – Involvement of relatives in development of care plans

CONTACTS The Suicide Review Project Team • hcis. Suicide. Review. Team@nhs. net • Pamela Campbell, Project Officer • Jamie Malcolm, Mental Healthcare Advisor • Meg Orr, Suicide Reporting Officer • Anna Wimberley, Programme Manager Website http: //www. knowledge. scot. nhs. uk/suicidereviews. aspx