An important new development at NCISH. We are resuming detailed data collection into patient homicide. This programme will expand on the national homicide inquiry that ended in 2018. We plan to explore new questions, additional methodologies & work closely with affected families.

While we are preparing our next annual report, remind yourself of previous years key findings and clinical messages:

Have you implemented our recommendations linked to lower patient suicide rates? Watch our short video about 10 ways to improve patient safety, and complete our Safer Services toolkit against your local audit data https://t.co/Dk6LjMOntq https://t.co/9IG6qOD0Z6

Our website presents the most up-to-date suicide data, including all data we currently hold for deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2024 in the UK and Jersey. This will be updated on a quarterly basis as more data becomes available. https://t.co/t5pErZeoNp

Have you got questions about NCISH methods of data collection, obtaining data, involvement and our online data collection? See our frequently asked questions page on our website here:

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You can find the report here: https://t.co/4ASENVl2h4 We have also produced an infographic and short video summarising our key findings: https://t.co/cbVB2n1Gcq https://t.co/w8XcRBmw3P

Our conclusions and recommendations to help prevent future deaths are focused on (1) safety concerns, (2) suicide prevention within university systems, (3) amendments to the UUK/PAPYRUS/Samaritans guidance, and (4) safety messages for the wider system

Most reports identified learning to reduce risk of further incidents centred around: -access to support -info sharing & communication -risk recognition & management -improving info systems -pastoral care -staff training & guidance -confidentiality & access to student info

For this national review, we examined serious incident reviews of suspected suicide by HE students, conducted by HE providers in line with guidance published by @UniversitiesUK. You can view this guidance here

Read our report on our national review of higher education student suicide deaths. This is the largest national study to conduct a detailed examination of individual factors related to suicide in higher education students.

Our NCISH website includes presentations on suicide and self-harm prevention by our @ProfLAppleby and Prof Nav Kapur, and from professional and lived experience contributors to our annual conferences. You can view these and data slides here:

Did you know that we have summaries of some of our key NCISH publications on patient safety across the UK? You can access all summaries at our website here: https://t.co/xmWE9sU2rA

Martin did brilliantly well with some extremely tough questions, passed with flying colours, and then he and his family hosted a superb celebratory dinner afterwards. Congratulations Martin!

Under the Norwegian system, Martin had to ‘defend’ his thesis publicly in the presence of family, friends and colleagues under questioning from Nav and the second opponent Professor Johan Bjørngaard, overseen by the wonderful chair of the committee Professor Ingrid Havnes.

Important findings included patterns of service use prior to suicide (with frequent opportunities to intervene) and the role of self-harm - all published in high quality peer reviewed papers.

Last week, our Director Professor Nav Kapur travelled to the University of Oslo to meet colleagues and examine Martin Myhre’s PhD which used data from the surveillance database. Martin’s thesis focussed on suicide occurring in the context of substance use disorders.

NCISH work has informed clinical data collection in a number of countries. The best established is the Norwegian Surveillance System for Suicide led by Dr Fredrik Walby and colleagues.

You can also watch a summary video of findings from our 2025 Annual Report here: https://t.co/GVpWWLYMmY

Our annual report is available in alternative formats, including: - the full report (PDF) - online, interactive report - easy read version (also available in Welsh) - infographic - service user infographic (also available in Welsh) https://t.co/lYfzofx15h

Our Annual Report 2025 provides findings related to people who died by suicide between 2012-2022 across the UK & Jersey. We also present findings on the number of people under #MentalHealth care who have been convicted of homicide, & those in the general population in the UK.