1st October 2014:

As part of Public Health England’s on-going programme of work to support the government’s suicide prevention strategy, they have published a guide for developing suicide prevention action plans for public health staff working in local authorities.

The guide includes information on:

• developing a suicide prevention action plan
• monitoring data, trends and hot spots
• engaging with local media
• working with transport to map hot spots
• working on local priorities to improve mental health

You can find the full document here.