Cornwall & Isles of ScillyTowards Zero

Project updates10th September 2015

Supporting relatives. Helen Lee-Savage.

• Suicide prevention training for relatives of Longreach inpatients. 2 trial sessions.

• Rolling course of 4 modules from mid Sept:– Basic suicide prevention – sharing resources– Self-injury– Open discussion & information on diagnosesAll provide opportunity to ask questions, seek support, share concerns, meet other relatives, find out about ward processes

Raising awareness of WRAPRob Gough

• Wellness Recovery Action Planning • WRAP encourages the individual to think about what things

contribute to him/her becoming unwell, what they can do to keep themselves well on a daily basis, and to formulate effective strategies for dealing with potential triggers before they occur.

• Free courses, run one evening a week over 10 weeks.• 3 WRAP courses have been held in Falmouth this year, run by

Falmouth Recovery Support• Penzance WRAP course, 10 weeks from 2nd Sept.

Further info at: www.falmouthrecoverysupport.co.uk

Self-harm strategy for children and young people. Sara Roberts

• Strategy developed in 2014 based on evidence of good practice, statistics re the prevalence of self harm, stakeholder interviews about what is working well/less well.

• Implementation started:• Guidance co-produced with health & education staff re developing individual school policies

• Leaflets designed for school use: students, parents, staff. Interest from GPs.

• Training for school staff, to be coordinated by Healthy Schools Programme

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. Karen Oldham-Waring

• 2 day course in suicide ‘first aid’ launched in Cornwall in 2009

• 1200+ people now trained.• Regional funding awarded in 2015 to

Devon/Cwll/Somerset to build the programme• See www.suicidesafercornwall.org

General Practice and Junior Doctor training: Becki Osborne

• Medicines around discharge from inpatient setting audit completed. Working to implement the recommendations.

• Medical Student training pilot scheduled for early 2016 – 1 day training for 60 final year students around mental health

awareness, and building confidence to 'ask the question' and explore suicidal thoughts in a compassionate manner. Development in collaboration with Helen-Lee Savage and Cornwall Rural Community Council.

• Development of an online information resource for GPs hosted by Kernow Referral Management Service signposting to a variety of NHS and non-NHS advice, services and resources.

And lots, lots more….

• Review of media reporting of suicide• ‘don’t flush your life away’ campaign • service user involvement in Psychiatric Liaison training of

emergency dept. staff• Liaison service referrals to Samaritans• Media involvement• Police question about suicide risk on intake forms• Police signposting to the Suicide Liaison Service

• Raising awareness of existing services– see the stalls in the Long Gallery

Individual pledges