Contact with primary and secondary healthcare prior to suicide

There is a research team at Swansea University, led by Professor Ann John, who study service access in relation to suicide and self harm in Wales.

What do these statistics mean? Click the cards to find out

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    31%

    31% of people who died by suicide had contacted health services in the WEEK before they died, most often regarding their mental health, and in a visit to their General Practice (GP service)​

  • 2

    16%

    16% of people who died by suicide had contact with an emergency department in the MONTH before they died, most often in relation to self harm, mental health, substance use​

KEY MESSAGE: help-seeking in those at risk escalates in the weeks before death by suicide, so there is opportunity to identify risk and intervene through these contacts​

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