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16 January 2025, House of Commons Chamber, motion for the debate: The full debate can be watched by clicking here The full transcription of this debate [Hansard] can … Continue reading Debate on a motion on the performance of the MHRA
The very last day of 1911 [as reported in the Stirling Observer]:
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
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
The above alternative front cover for the BMJ asks an important question. This post was prompted by the front cover of this week’s BMJ: When I am reflecting on patient … Continue reading AKATHISIA
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’
Terry Burns ended his life on the 16th of January 1985. Terry was David Bowie’s half-brother. The following account of Terry’s life was compiled by ‘Bromley Bowie’: “Sharing the same … Continue reading barely a dozen people gathered to pay their last respects
This rapid response by Dr Peter J. Selley was recently submitted to the BMJ. It would be helpful if those involved at a senior level in National Suicide Prevention strategies … Continue reading 150 reports of possible cases of self-injury and suicidal thoughts