
Manchester Self-Harm Project conducts epidemiological research into #selfharm and suicidal behaviour as part of the Multicentre Study of Self-Harm in England.
University of Manchester, UK
Joined April 2012
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SAVE THE DATE:
Suicide Bereavement UK’s 16th International hybrid conference.
Venue: @MidlandMCR hotel, Manchester
Date: 30th September 2027
Title:
Suicide Bereavement: Lifting the Heaviest Stones Together to Advance Understanding
Hopefully see you there.
#sbukconf27
We work closely with service users and carers in the design and development of our studies.
Please share your views and experiences on mental health care and your suggestions about how we can develop our work:
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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.
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sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish…
*New & updated*
Our website presents the most up-to-date suicide data, now with an extra year of provisional data for 2025. All data we currently hold for deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2025 in the UK and Jersey can be found on our resources page sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish…
Our @NCISH_UK site has a variety of resources available to everyone: •NCISH Reports & peer-reviewed publications •Toolkits for safer care •Our most up-to-date patient suicide data •Stakeholder surveys And much more. buff.ly/8jLqEif #mentalhealth #patientsafety
Your opinions on how we communicate our work, how useful our findings are & what improvements we can make are invaluable to us. Please help us by completing our short stakeholder survey: buff.ly/LfDiQQz
Did you know that the slides and recordings for our 2026 Annual Conference are available on our website? buff.ly/xAaBv3p
We reflected on 30 years of NCISH and presented the latest UK-wide findings from the 2026 Annual Report.
Our 2026 report focussed on suicide by pts under crisis teams, over 200 pts per year. These are patients at risk for whom the new MH emergency depts should be designed for, as outlined in the recent 10-year health plan for Eng.
buff.ly/KQ8K6j7 #Worldsuicidepreventionday
Its #Worldsuicidepreventionday, 6,500 die by suicide in the UK per yr, over 1,600 have been in contact with MH services a yr before death. See our latest report on these figs w/ focus on 4 key themes: pts in crisis care, over 75y, pt w/ anxiety & migrants buff.ly/hmavNjI
See our @NCISH_UK Annual Reports & other research projects we have recently produced reports on our site. Yrs of key research on #suicideprevention highlighted in our recommendations: “10 ways to improve safety” #Worldsuicidepreventionweek buff.ly/hmavNjI
Our @NCISH_UK website has information on helpline services to get in touch with if you are in crisis or feeling suicidal, offering advice and support for those in need. #mentalhealth #suicideprevention buff.ly/hPrAiVw
The @NCISH_UK team have begun working on the 2027 Annual Report. Our 2026 Annual Report examined key themes on some high risk groups:
- Crisis care settings
- People aged 75 and over
- Patients w/ anxiety disorders
-Patients who were recent migrants
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You can also read about our evidence and recommendations related to these 10 key elements for safer care for patients.
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Watch our short video outlining our recommendations on 10 ways to improve patient safety and reduce suicide:
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These 10 elements are the basis of our Safer Services toolkit for local self-assessment buff.ly/mGVwOYM
We work closely with service users and carers in the design and development of our studies.
Please share your views and experiences on mental health care and your suggestions about how we can develop our work.
buff.ly/4Whq4L9
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Silence Isn’t Always Golden: Reconnect, Recharge and Feel Inspired Again
Hopefully see you at Suicide Bereavement UK's conference 16th Sept 2026
4049_SBUK_Conference_2026_flyer_online_v3.pdf
At our 2026 annual conference in May, we reflected on 30 years of NCISH and presented the latest UK-wide findings from our 2026 Annual Report.
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Slides and recordings for our 2026 Annual Conference are available on our website: buff.ly/hA4i3to
We reflected on 30 years of NCISH and presented the latest UK-wide findings from the 2026 Annual Report.
Our website presents the most up-to-date suicide data, now with an extra year of provisional data for 2025. All data we currently hold for deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2025 in the UK and Jersey can be found on our resources page: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish…
We have a number of ongoing projects at NCISH
- Homicide & mental illness in England;
- Suicide during transition of care from CAMHS to adult MH services;
- National real-time data collection of suspected suicide deaths under MH care.
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