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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)
Suicide in the ward setting
- Author:
- de la COUR Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 5.10.00, 2000, pp.39-40.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The suicide of an inpatient is a shocking and upsetting experience for staff and patients alike. The article offers advice on how to deal with the aftermath.
Safeguarding Adult Review in respect of Mr AA: died January 2014
- Author:
- KLEE Deborah
- Publishers:
- Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board, Suffolk Safeguarding Adults Board
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 53
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
A joint Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) of Mr AA, a Norfolk resident diagnosed as living with paranoid schizophrenia, who died in a Suffolk hospital in January 2014 from bronchopneumonia. The Review was commissioned due to concerns about the intervention he received up until the time of his death. In 2011 as a result of organisational change in the mental health trust, AA lost is long term care coordinator, received reduced levels of care and support, and was discharged from the care programme approach in 2013. This resulted in a series of events that led to his death in 2014, including lack of an informed risk assessment to manage his challenging behaviour, use of physical control to restraint, and the use of seclusion in hospital. The review's analysis focuses on the way in which professionals and services worked together in five areas: self-neglect; care plan approach and person-centred care; information sharing and joint decision making; the use of control and restraint; and attention to physical health needs. The report shows how a number of incidents impacted on each other which meant that staff did not have the information, knowledge or resources to make good decisions. It makes a number of recommendations to ensure that partners can work together to effectively support people who self neglect; involve the person and their family as appropriate in planning care; consider the impact of organisational change on adults at risk; improve the quality of multi-agency risk assessment and joint decision making in complex cases; improve information sharing; and ensure the appropriate use of all types control and restraint methods. (Edited publisher abstract)
Adolescent psychiatric in-patients: a high-risk group for premature death
- Author:
- KJELSBERG Ellen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, February 2000, pp.121-125.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Research has demonstrated increased mortality rates in adolescent psychiatric in-patients. This article investigates this excess mortality by calculating standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) relative to cause of death, diagnosis, cohort and age. Abroad prevention strategy is needed to combat the increased mortality rates found in adolescent psychiatric in-patients.
Big, black and abused
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(8), April 1999, pp.258-260.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on the case of David 'Rocky' Bennett who died in a psychiatric hospital where he had spent most of his adult life. Looks at the situation surrounding his death and asks how he died.
Learning, candour and accountability: a review of the way NHS trusts review and investigate the deaths of patients in England
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 76
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Reports on a review carried out by the Care Quality Commission to investigate how NHS trusts identify, investigate and learn from the deaths of people under their care. This review was carried out in response to the very low numbers of investigations or reviews of deaths at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. It draws on evidence from a national survey of NHS trusts and visits to 12 acute, community healthcare and mental health trusts; the views of over 100 families, collected through interviews, events and an online form; and consultation with charities and NHS professionals. The findings are discussed in five areas: the involvement of families and carers; the identification and reporting of deaths; making decisions to review and investigate; decisions to review or investigate; and governance arrangement and learning. Examples of promising practice are also included. The results found that that many carers and families had a poor experience of investigations and are not always treated with respect and honesty. This was especially true of deaths involving people with a learning disability or people with mental problems. The review also found that opportunities are missed to learn across the system from deaths that may have been prevented. It concludes that learning from deaths needs to be a much greater priority for all working within health and social care. The report makes recommendations for improvement. (Edited publisher abstract)
Health in Wales 1990
- Author:
- HEALTH PROMOTION AUTHORITY FOR WALES
- Publisher:
- Health Promotion Authority for Wales
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 111p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report is the first in a series of pubic health reports to be published by the Health Promotion Authority (HPA). It contains information on a wide variety of personal, social and environmental factors which can affect the health of individuals and communities. It has five main chapters which cover: health environments; ill health and premature death; lifestyles and risk factors; health knowledge and beliefs; NHS and health promotion.