Post Suicide Bereavement Support

The rate of deaths by suicide is 9.1 per 100,000 (3 year average, 2013-15) in Cambridgeshire, equating to 155 deaths across the 3 years. By 2020/21, the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health set the ambition that the number of people taking their own lives will be reduced by 10% nationally compared to 2016/17 levels. Locally there is an ambition to strive for 'Zero Suicides'. A range of work is being undertaken locally to prevent deaths by suicide, coordinated by the multi-agency suicide prevention group. Friend...