Faraz Mughal

Jul 25, 2024 | bjgp.org | Sarah Steeg |Faraz Mughal

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Jan 4, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Faraz Mughal |Aziz Sheikh

Recent data indicate that there were 5275 deaths by suicide in England in 2022 (at a rate of 10.6 per 100,000 (95% CI: 10.3–10.9)) with no evidence of declines since 2020, a year after the publication of the 2019 Long Term Plan, which made suicide prevention a priority for the National Health Service (NHS).1,2 This has led to the Department of Health and Social Care publishing a new cross-sectoral strategy for suicide prevention for England in September 2023.3 This new strategy aims to reduce...