Examples of good practice at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust are part of a new national report on suicide prevention.
NHS Resolution, the body that deals with compensation claims to the NHS, is calling for improvements and better integration across the NHS and mental health services to ensure at risk patients are given more support and care. This follows a thematic review of suicide-related claims.
The report, Learning from suicide-related claims: a thematic review of NHS Resolution data, was launched to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day and examines some of the factors that contribute to suicide claims and the quality of investigations following these tragic incidents.To reduce the risk of suicide-related incidents and to improve the response of trusts, NHS Resolution has made nine recommendations for NHS trusts and national bodies.
The recommendations highlight potential learning for those delivering mental health services in England. Where recommendations explicitly reference bodies external to NHS Resolution, we have worked with them to agree the relevant recommendation and are grateful for their support and commitment to action them.
