National Suicide Prevention Quality Improvement
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This presentation to the National Child and Adult Social Care Conference 2019 outlines the national exercise on Suicide Prevention jointly led by The Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Public Health using a Sector Led Improvement methodology
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National Suicide Prevention Quality Improvement
- 1. Suicide Prevention Sector Led Improvement Work in England Professor Jim McManus, FBPsS, CPsychol, CSci, FFPH, FCIPD Vice President, ADPH Director of Public Health, Hertfordshire County Council
- 2. Context Suicide prevention as a national and local priority Select Committee Report Ministerial Expert Advisory Group Securing the shift from national mandation to Sector Led Improvement (SLI) The ADPH/LGA/PHE Board and (SLI) approach Ambition for wider public mental health approach
- 5. Key Points 1.Suicide Prevention must be seen against the background of population approaches to good mental health 2.Suicide and self-harm are not the same thing 3.Multi Agency Partnerships 4.Multiple foci of action 5.Audit – Strategy – Review Cycle
- 6. Suicide as a system • Predisposing and risk factors • Intervention Points – Eg NHS professionals, suicide in hospital • Early Intervention • Rapid response to suicide • Cluster • Postvention and bereavement support
- 7. National Self-Assessment and Independent Report Interviews Twelve Case Study Interviews Plan Analysis Analysis of local Plan content and themes – descriptive not assessive Survey 144 responses out of 152 111 Plans submitted
- 8. Scrutiny • Select Committee Report – Recommended scrutiny • Minister wrote thanking all LAs and asking us to implement Select Committee recommendation by taking plans through scrutiny – 57 have been – 37 will be going – 34 using other mechanisms (e.g. HWB)
- 9. Report • Good work going on • Room for improvement • Reduce Risk • Reduce Access to Means • Tailor Approaches • Partnerships • Support for Bereaved https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/research-policy/national-local-suicide-prevention-strategies/
- 10. Priority Areas
- 12. SLI work had been done on suicide before this exercise
- 13. Additional Support was wanted
- 14. Beyond the Self Assessment: SLI Partnerships National, Regional and Local National Overview ADPH/LGA/PHE Joint SLI Board Learning National, Regional and Local Tailored Improvement work and sharing this Funding Funding for each area from DHSC, devolved to ADPH Regions,
- 15. Work underway • National SLI Board • National Support – Webinars – Masterclass – Advice – Guidance – “Must Knows” – Pool of resource on prevention – Media work • Regional/Network Support – Peer Networks – Learning EVEnts – Peer Challenge • Local Support – Bespoke local advice from Samaritans
- 16. Hertfordshire • New Strategy due Jan 2020 • Self Assessment and existing strategy submitted to Scrutiny • Scrutiny report published last week • New Strategy being developed with Samaritans and NSPA • Scrutiny feedback key
- 17. What have we learned? Partnerships and sector experts (eg Samaritans) Subsidiarity in Approach Variety of Methods Need for understanding of SLI Ethos in some national agencies
- 18. Thank You! • Laura.caton@local.gov.uk • Jim.mcmanus@hertfordshire.gov.uk