House of Lords: 11 December 2024

Lord David Alton asked this oral question: The House of Lords consideration of this question and Baroness Merron’s responses can be watched here [this clip is about 10 minutes long] … Continue reading House of Lords: 11 December 2024

Something is amiss with CR229

July 2020. CR229: a ‘Position Statement’ by the Royal College of Psychiatrists has been published: The Final report of the Patient Safety Group on Self-Harm and Suicide in Adults.  CR229: makes … Continue reading Something is amiss with CR229

Ten years of communication with Professor Appleby

Millie Kieve: “I have been communicating with Professor Appleby for 10 years, to try to have the well recorded risk of suicidal feelings due to prescribed drugs or withdrawal effects, … Continue reading Ten years of communication with Professor Appleby

Prescribed drugs: ‘to be probed over link to suicide and self-harm’

As published in The Independent on 11th May 2024: Exclusive: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is to look at the effectiveness of side-effect warnings in relation to the … Continue reading Prescribed drugs: ‘to be probed over link to suicide and self-harm’

“Programme will help identify potential suicide victims”

The above newspaper headline is from a report in the Kerryman newspaper, 27th November 2003. The report describes a “new training programme aimed at helping health service professionals to improve … Continue reading “Programme will help identify potential suicide victims”

Something is amiss with CR229

July 2020. CR229: a ‘Position Statement’ by the Royal College of Psychiatrists has been published: The Final report of the Patient Safety Group on Self-Harm and Suicide in Adults.  CR229: makes … Continue reading Something is amiss with CR229

A timeline of missed opportunities

This film presents missed opportunities, in particular the potential role of prescribed medications as risk factors for suicide . This film presents a timeline from 2002 to 2019 in relation … Continue reading A timeline of missed opportunities