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Statistical update on suicide
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAiN. Department of Health. Health Improvement Analytical Team
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- London
In September 2012, a statistical document presenting key statistics and relevant information was published alongside ‘Preventing suicide in England: a cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives’. This document provides an update with latest available information, in which the term suicide refers to deaths from both intentional self-harm and injury or poisoning of undetermined intent. It includes trend information on deaths in particular circumstances and by age group. (Edited publisher abstract)
Independent review of deaths of people with a learning disability or mental health problem in contact with Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust April 2011 to March 2015
- Authors:
- GREEN Bob, et al
- Publisher:
- Mazars LLP
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 254
- Place of publication:
- London
This review seeks to establish the extent of unexpected deaths in mental health and learning disability services provided by the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and to identify any themes, patterns or issues that may need further investigation. Through an analysis of 540 individual reports of deaths of service users occurring between April 2011 and March 2015, reviewing documents relating to all deaths and an analysis of a wide range of data, the report identifies a series of key messages which result in recommendations for the Trust, its commissioners and nationally. In particular the review found that: the failure to bring about sustained improvement in the identification of unexpected death and in the quality and timeliness of reports into those deaths was a failure of leadership and of governance; there was no effective systematic management and oversight in reporting deaths and the investigations that follow; the review and investigation of deaths is usually left to the Trust to undertake and commissioners become involved in cases when these are determined to be serious incidents by the Trust; the Trust reported relatively few unexpected deaths of service users to regional and national systems; there was a very poor quality of written investigations at all stages; and the Trust could not demonstrate a comprehensive, systematic approach to learning from deaths as evidenced by action plans, board review and follow up, thematic reviews and resultant service change. (Edited publisher abstract)
Serious case review: executive summary of a young male
- Authors:
- ELLIS Dave, (chair)
- Publisher:
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Safeguarding Children Board
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Truro
This serious case review (SCR) relates to the life and death of a male child who lived in Cornwall. The subject was 10 years old when he died. The subject died in January 2010 as a result of a deliberate blow to his head and the effects of smoke inhalation due to a fire started with an accelerant at his home. His mother died at the scene of the fire from her fire related injuries, the fire having been started in her bedroom. His father died, 8 days later, at a tertiary hospital out of the county, as a result of his injuries from the fire. The Police investigation suggests that the father was responsible for the subject’s head injuries and the fire at his home. The report concluded that when Mental Health staff and the Police were dealing with the behaviour of the father, arising from his mental illness, they paid insufficient attention to the potential impact on the subject. They did not always communicate effectively with Children’s Services. Agencies focused too much on the father’s behaviour and needs and not enough on the family as a whole and the subject in particular.
Mental health in prisons: some insights from death in custody investigations
- Author:
- SHAW Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Prison Service Journal, 174, November 2007, pp.11-14.
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Prison Service of England and Wales
The author, the Prison and Probation Ombudsman, presents some key themes from his investigations into deaths in custody and what they say about the states of mental health services in prisons today. The themes discussed in the article are: that prisoner-patients tend to be at the back of the queue in accessing NHS psychiatric facilities; that there is a poor quality of mental health assessment for prisoners; and the lack of effectiveness of preventing self harm by implementing a policy of constant observation. The article is supported with a number of case examples.
Human Rights Framework for the EHRC Inquiry on preventing deaths in detention of adults with mental health conditions
- Author:
- EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
A framework to help organisations to meet their legal obligations when detaining people with mental health problems. Section A covers the obligation to protect life and lists key points that need to be met to ensure the provision of a safe and respectful environment. Section B provides a list of issues that need in order to conduct an effective investigation of the non-natural death of adults with a mental health condition in detention. The framework is based on human rights case law. (Edited publisher abstract)
Statistical update on suicide
- Author:
- OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- London
Key statistical data on suicide in England, highlighting trends and rates by gender, number of suicides by people in contact with mental health services, inpatient suicides, self-inflicted deaths in prison, apparent suicides following police custody, and deaths mentioning helium poisoning. There were 4,727 suicides recorded in 2013, a rise of 214 since 2012. The overall trend in the suicide rates has been decreasing since 1998 until 2008 but has been rising slightly since. The three-year average rate for 2011-13 was 8.8 suicides per 100,000 general population. (Edited publisher abstract)
Fatally flawed: has the state learned lessons from the deaths of children and young people in prison?
- Authors:
- PRISON REFORM TRUST, INQUEST
- Publisher:
- Prison Reform Trust
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Following the death of Joseph Scholes, a 16 year old boy who died at Stoke Heath Young Offender Institution in 2002, there was widespread public and parliamentary concern and calls made for a public inquiry. That inquiry never took place and since Joseph died on 24 March 2002, nine children and 191 young people aged 24 and under have died in prison or, in the case of two of the children, imprisoned in a secure training centre. The report, commissioned by the Prison Reform Trust as part of its Out of Trouble five year programme to reduce child and youth imprisonment, examined the experiences of 98 children and young people who died between 2003 and 2010. The report found that the children and young people who died: were some of the most disadvantaged in society and had experienced problems with mental health, self-harm, alcohol and/or drugs; had significant interaction with community agencies before entering prison yet in many cases there were failures in communication and information exchange between prisons and those agencies; despite their vulnerability, they had not been diverted out of the criminal justice system at an early stage and had ended up remanded or sentenced to prison; were placed in prisons with unsafe environments and cells; experienced poor medical care and limited access to therapeutic services in prison; had been exposed to bullying and treatment such as segregation and restraint; and were failed by the systems set up to safeguard them from harm.
The national confidential inquiry into suicide and homicide by people with mental illness: annual report: England, Wales, and Scotland
- Authors:
- APPLEBY Louis, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 91p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness is a UK-wide research project established at the University of Manchester which examine all incidences of suicide and homicide by people in contact with mental health services in the UK, and also examine cases of sudden death in the psychiatric in-patient population. This annual report presents findings for: suicides in England and Wales for 1997-2008; suicides in Scotland 1998-2008; homicide convictions in England and Wales from 1997-2007; homicide convictions in Scotland from 1998-2008; and sudden unexplained deaths in England and Wales from 1999-2007. It includes statistics on the rates of suicide in the general population and in mental health service patients, by age group, sex, Strategic Health Authority, and by method of suicide. It also includes statistics on the rates of homicide in the general population, mentally ill people in the general population, and mental health service patients by various criteria including age and sex. For both suicides and homicides, the statistics include the number of mental health service patients who refused drug treatment and who missed their last appointment with services.
Coercion and consent: monitoring the Mental Health Act 2007–2009: Mental Health Act Commission thirteenth biennial report 2007-2009
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH ACT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 248p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report begins with a review of the last 3 years in mental health. Sections then cover the Act in context and in practice, consent to treatment, the Act and mentally disordered offenders, and deaths of detained patients.
Distressing times: what happens to vulnerable women when they come into custody
- Author:
- DOCKLEY Anita
- Journal article citation:
- Prison Service Journal, 169, January 2007, pp.22-27.
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Prison Service of England and Wales
The years of 2002-04 saw a spate of self-inflected deaths of women in prison in England and Wales, with 36 women taking their own lives. The Howard League for Penal Reform aimed to look at the conditions that led to the crisis of 2002-04 and the changes that have occurred in women's prisons since to bring about a reduction in the number of self-inflicted deaths, how this might be sustained and what the future might hold. This article reports on visits to two women's prisons, Holloway in London and Styal in Cheshire, made by the Howard League of Penal Reform. Emphasis is given to the importance of first night arrangements.