NCISH
@ncish.bsky.social
National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health.
Winner of 2023 & 2019 @manchester.ac.uk Making a Difference award for social responsibility & 2025 Outstanding Contribution to PPIE award.
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/
Winner of 2023 & 2019 @manchester.ac.uk Making a Difference award for social responsibility & 2025 Outstanding Contribution to PPIE award.
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/
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NCISH
@ncish.bsky.social
· Jul 29
An important new development at NCISH. We are resuming detailed data collection into patient homicide. This programme will expand on the national homicide inquiry that ended in 2018. We plan to explore new questions, additional methodologies & work closely with affected families.
The @ncish.bsky.social office will be closed from 24th December and will reopen on Monday 5th January 2026.
December 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The @ncish.bsky.social office will be closed from 24th December and will reopen on Monday 5th January 2026.
Did you know that we have summaries of some of our key NCISH publications on patient safety across the UK? You can access all summaries at our website: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/catego...
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Did you know that we have summaries of some of our key NCISH publications on patient safety across the UK? You can access all summaries at our website: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/catego...
Our website also includes information about NCISH projects. For further information, visit: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/projec...
Projects
sites.manchester.ac.uk
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Our website also includes information about NCISH projects. For further information, visit: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/projec...
Our website presents the most up-to-date suicide data, including all data we currently hold for deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2024 in the UK and Jersey. This will be updated on a quarterly basis as more data becomes available.
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
December 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Our website presents the most up-to-date suicide data, including all data we currently hold for deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2024 in the UK and Jersey. This will be updated on a quarterly basis as more data becomes available.
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
Read our report on our national review of higher education student suicide deaths. This is the largest national study to conduct a detailed examination of individual factors related to suicide in higher education students.
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...
December 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Read our report on our national review of higher education student suicide deaths. This is the largest national study to conduct a detailed examination of individual factors related to suicide in higher education students.
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...
Read our @ncish.bsky.social paper which presents findings from the first national analysis of women with mental disorders who died by suicide having experienced domestic violence @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Read our @ncish.bsky.social paper which presents findings from the first national analysis of women with mental disorders who died by suicide having experienced domestic violence @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@ncish.bsky.social are supporting mental health organisations to implement a personalised approach to suicide risk assessment as part of the Culture of Care Programme @rcpsych.bsky.social
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-ca...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-ca...
Culture of Care Programme
The NCCMH are the delivery partner for NHS England's Culture of Care Programme, using quality improvement and senior leadership support to improve the culture of care on mental health and learning dis...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
@ncish.bsky.social are supporting mental health organisations to implement a personalised approach to suicide risk assessment as part of the Culture of Care Programme @rcpsych.bsky.social
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-ca...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-ca...
Our ’10 ways to improve safety’ continue to reflect the evidence we have collected over >20 years on the features of clinical services that are associated with lower patient suicide rates. These include safer wards, personalised risk management and low staff turnover.
December 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Our ’10 ways to improve safety’ continue to reflect the evidence we have collected over >20 years on the features of clinical services that are associated with lower patient suicide rates. These include safer wards, personalised risk management and low staff turnover.
Our Annual Report 2025 provides findings related to people who died by suicide between 2012-2022 across the UK & Jersey. We also present findings on the number of people under #MentalHealth care who have been convicted of homicide, & those in the general population in the UK.
December 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Our Annual Report 2025 provides findings related to people who died by suicide between 2012-2022 across the UK & Jersey. We also present findings on the number of people under #MentalHealth care who have been convicted of homicide, & those in the general population in the UK.
Read a recently published paper led by our @lanabojanic.bsky.social on suicide-related internet use (SRIU) among suicidal mental health patients in the UK. This study underscores the dual role of SRIU as a source of support & a potential risk for MH patients buff.ly/yGAc
Exploring Suicide-Related Internet Use Among Suicidal Mental Health Patients in the United Kingdom: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study
Background: The dual nature of suicide-related internet use (SRIU) as preventative or harmful is well-documented, but its characteristics in mental health patient population remain underresearched.…
buff.ly
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Read a recently published paper led by our @lanabojanic.bsky.social on suicide-related internet use (SRIU) among suicidal mental health patients in the UK. This study underscores the dual role of SRIU as a source of support & a potential risk for MH patients buff.ly/yGAc
Did you know that we have summaries of some of our key NCISH publications on patient safety across the UK?
You can access all summaries at our website here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/catego...
You can access all summaries at our website here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/catego...
December 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Did you know that we have summaries of some of our key NCISH publications on patient safety across the UK?
You can access all summaries at our website here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/catego...
You can access all summaries at our website here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/catego...
Our website presents the most up-to-date suicide data, including all data we currently hold for deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2024 in the UK and Jersey. This will be updated on a quarterly basis as more data becomes available.
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
Provisional patient suicide data (2012-2024)
NCISH
sites.manchester.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Our website presents the most up-to-date suicide data, including all data we currently hold for deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2024 in the UK and Jersey. This will be updated on a quarterly basis as more data becomes available.
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
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 youtube.com/watch?v=Wwa9... sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/#toolk...
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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 youtube.com/watch?v=Wwa9... sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/#toolk...
The processes collecting patient suicide data take time so every quarter we present the most up-to-date data we currently hold for all suicide deaths that occurred in 2012-2024 in the UK & Jersey. These figures are publicly available on our resources page: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
Provisional patient suicide data (2012-2024)
NCISH
sites.manchester.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The processes collecting patient suicide data take time so every quarter we present the most up-to-date data we currently hold for all suicide deaths that occurred in 2012-2024 in the UK & Jersey. These figures are publicly available on our resources page: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
Our @ncish.bsky.social site has a variety of resources available
• NCISH Reports & publications
• Toolkits for safer care
• NCISH methodology & most up-to-date patient suicide data
• Stakeholder surveys
And much more manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
#suicideprevention #mentalhealth #patientsafety
• NCISH Reports & publications
• Toolkits for safer care
• NCISH methodology & most up-to-date patient suicide data
• Stakeholder surveys
And much more manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
#suicideprevention #mentalhealth #patientsafety
Resources
NCISH
manchester.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Our @ncish.bsky.social site has a variety of resources available
• NCISH Reports & publications
• Toolkits for safer care
• NCISH methodology & most up-to-date patient suicide data
• Stakeholder surveys
And much more manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
#suicideprevention #mentalhealth #patientsafety
• NCISH Reports & publications
• Toolkits for safer care
• NCISH methodology & most up-to-date patient suicide data
• Stakeholder surveys
And much more manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
#suicideprevention #mentalhealth #patientsafety
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 sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/help-i...
Help in a crisis
NCISH
manchester.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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 sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/help-i...
Our study on suicide by middle-aged men combined multiple sources of info giving detailed accounts from families, friends & professionals on stresses men in mid-life face before taking their lives. Read full report, key msgs & video here sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...
#Internationalmensday
#Internationalmensday
Suicide by middle-aged men
NCISH
sites.manchester.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Our study on suicide by middle-aged men combined multiple sources of info giving detailed accounts from families, friends & professionals on stresses men in mid-life face before taking their lives. Read full report, key msgs & video here sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...
#Internationalmensday
#Internationalmensday
Our Director Nav Kapur was in Taiwan last week, hosted by the brilliant Professor Shu-Sen Chang @shusenc. Nav also gave talks on implementation and suicide prevention in clinical services at two of the main clinical psychiatric centres in Taipei and at the Taiwanese Center for Suicide Prevention.
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Our Director Nav Kapur was in Taiwan last week, hosted by the brilliant Professor Shu-Sen Chang @shusenc. Nav also gave talks on implementation and suicide prevention in clinical services at two of the main clinical psychiatric centres in Taipei and at the Taiwanese Center for Suicide Prevention.
Watch presentations on suicide and self-harm prevention by our Professor Sir Louis Appleby and Professor Nav Kapur, and from professional and lived experience contributors to our annual NCISH conferences. You can also download our data slides. sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Watch presentations on suicide and self-harm prevention by our Professor Sir Louis Appleby and Professor Nav Kapur, and from professional and lived experience contributors to our annual NCISH conferences. You can also download our data slides. sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
You can read the findings from our provisional patient suicide data (2012-2024) here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
Provisional patient suicide data (2012-2024)
NCISH
sites.manchester.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
You can read the findings from our provisional patient suicide data (2012-2024) here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
Our @AliBaird and @BojanicLana gave a talk earlier today at the Co Occurring Mental Health Alcohol and Drugs COMHAD - POLICY Webinar to over 200 attendees. They presented our report on suicide in substance misuse services sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...
Suicide by people in contact with drug and alcohol services
NCISH
sites.manchester.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Our @AliBaird and @BojanicLana gave a talk earlier today at the Co Occurring Mental Health Alcohol and Drugs COMHAD - POLICY Webinar to over 200 attendees. They presented our report on suicide in substance misuse services sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...
We want to hear from you! We value your opinion on our research, how we share our findings and how we could improve. Take a few minutes to complete our confidential survey www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
NCISH stakeholder survey
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November 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We want to hear from you! We value your opinion on our research, how we share our findings and how we could improve. Take a few minutes to complete our confidential survey www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
While we are preparing our next annual report, remind yourself of previous years key findings and clinical messages: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
While we are preparing our next annual report, remind yourself of previous years key findings and clinical messages: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...
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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwa9... sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/#toolk...
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwa9... sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/#toolk...
Our website presents the most up-to-date suicide data, including all data we currently hold for deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2024 in the UK and Jersey. This will be updated on a quarterly basis as more data becomes available.
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Our website presents the most up-to-date suicide data, including all data we currently hold for deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2024 in the UK and Jersey. This will be updated on a quarterly basis as more data becomes available.
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resour...