Resources for Practitioners
Below you’ll find links to a range of suicide and self-harm prevention resources and documents.
Links to general mental health resources can be found on our Mental Health Network Resources page.
- National suicide and self-harm prevention strategy 2015-2020 ‘Talk to me 2’
- Suicide and self harm prevention strategy 2015 to 2020: mid-point review
The National Suicide Prevention Alliance and Public Health England have collaborated to produce local suicide prevention planning – a practical resource (January 2020), to help local agencies, including local authorities, to develop their local suicide prevention strategies and action plans.
- Thematic Review: Deaths of Children and Young People through Probable Suicide 2013-2017
Child Death Review Programme - Everybody’s Business – A report on suicide prevention in Wales, National Assembly for Wales Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, December 2018
- Responding to issues of self-harm and thoughts of suicide in young people: guidance for teachers, professionals, volunteers and youth services
Welsh Government, September 2019
Regional Suicide and Self-harm Prevention Coordinators
North Wales
David Patel, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
David.Patel@wales.nhs.uk
Mid and West Wales
Laura Tranter, Hywel Dda University Health Board
Laura.Tranter@wales.nhs.uk
South East Wales
Ceri Fowler, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Ceri.Fowler2@wales.nhs.uk
Regional forums
There are three regional forums:
- North Wales (Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board)
- Mid and West Wales (Hywel Dda, Swansea Bay and Powys Health Boards)
- South East (Cardiff and Vale, Cwm Taf Morgannwg, and Aneurin Bevan Health Boards)
The terms of reference for each forum is based on this TOR template.
Download our 2020 - 2022 'Plan on a Page.
Further information on data and evidence relating to Mental Health, including suicide and self-harm (2017), can be found on the Public Health Wales Observatory website.