Narrative
Suicide is one of the most serious adverse outcomes in mental health services. NCISH research is based on a comprehensive and internationally unique database (120,000 suicide deaths; 30,000 patient suicide deaths). NCISH impacts upon practice and policy by providing definitive figures on suicide to clinical services and government, producing data-driven safety recommendations and demonstrating that these recommendations reduce suicide. Based on NCISH research, overall patient suicide rates fell by 26% (2004-11), in-patient deaths fell by 58% (2001-2010), and individual recommendations may have prevented between 200-300 patient suicide deaths per year. A new vehicle for impact delivery is the social enterprise Safer Care Ltd (founded 2013), which has already reviewed 4 Trusts and, by reinvesting future income in the social enterprise, we will continue to meet the specific needs of mental health services.Impact date | 1996 → 2019 |
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Category of impact | Health impacts, Societal impacts, Health impacts |
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Research output
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Suicide and mental illness: A clinical review of 15 years findings from the UK National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide
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Suicide within 12 months of contact with mental health services: National clinical survey
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Suicide within two weeks of discharge from psychiatric inpatient care: A case-control study
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Implementation of mental health service recommendations in England and Wales and suicide rates, 1997-2006: A cross-sectional and before-and-after observational study
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Psychiatric in-patient care and suicide in England, 1997 to 2008: A longitudinal study
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review