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Written question asked by Emma Reynolds (Labour) on Thursday, 13 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 June 2019 (named day). It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 June 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Suicide: Wolverhampton

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the rate of suicide among men in Wolverhampton; and what steps he is taking to improve mental health services in the West Midlands.

Answer

The latest update on suicide prevention from the health scrutiny panel at City of Wolverhampton Council (June 2019), shows that 66 deaths were registered as suicides for the period of 2015-17 and 54 of these (82%) were male.

In ‘Making Wolverhampton a Suicide Safer Community: Wolverhampton Suicide Prevention Strategy 2016–2020’, City of Wolverhampton Council has set the following aims to reduce suicides:

- provide a multi-agency approach to suicide prevention across Wolverhampton;

- raise awareness of suicide, compelling organisations and the community to take positive action;

- upskill workforces through information and knowledge enabling them to better understand and respond to poor mental wellbeing and suicide ideation;

- influence services and policies so that suicide prevention is robustly considered and embedded in routine business; and

- provide a coordinated suicide support offer which can be accessed by services and communities.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
264388
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Mental health services Men Suicide Wolverhampton
Link
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