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This briefing paper considers suicide prevention policies and strategies throughout the UK. It outlines national and local approaches to prevention policy in some key policy areas.
Suicide prevention: Policy and strategy (18 MB , PDF)
The national suicide prevention strategy, Preventing Suicide in England: A cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives, was first published in 2012. Its key aims are to reduce the suicide rate in the general population in England and better support those bereaved or affected by suicide.
The NHS Five Year Forward View for Mental Health was published in February 2016 and set out the start of a ten year journey for the transformation of mental health services. It included a commitment to reduce the rate of suicides in England by 10% by 2020 (compared to 2015 levels). Whilst the NHS Long Term Plan (January 2019) suggested this target would be met, the rate of suicides in England in 2020 was almost the same as the 2015 rate.
To support the strategy, the NHS asked all Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to deliver local multi-agency suicide prevention plans, which the Government has said all local authorities have now achieved.
The Cross-Government suicide prevention workplan (January 2019) commits every area of Government to taking action on suicide. It set out clear deliverables and timescales against which key commitments in the Suicide Prevention Strategy are monitored.
£57 million in funding has been allocated for suicide prevention work up to 2023/24. The aim is to support local suicide prevention plans in all areas of the country and to establish suicide bereavement support services.
The fifth progress report on implementation of the national strategy (March 2021) set out additional Government support and funding for suicide prevention to address pressures caused by the pandemic. This included £5 million to support suicide prevention work by voluntary and community sector organisations in 2021/22. The report noted, although full data is not yet available, early indications did not suggest a rise in the number of suicides when comparing pre- and post-lockdown figures for January to August 2020.
Section 1 of this paper provides a statistical overview of suicide rates throughout the UK over time using the latest data published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) in September 2021.
The data shows in 2020 there were 5,224 deaths registered in England and Wales where the cause was identified as suicide. This equates to 10.0 deaths per 100,000 population, which was a lower rate than 2019 but similar to previous years. However, it is lower than rates recorded in the 1980s and 1990s.
This paper covers the following policy areas:
The latest suicide prevention plans for the devolved administrations are:
Suicide prevention: Policy and strategy (18 MB , PDF)
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