Guidance

Support after a suicide: a guide to providing local services

Commissioning and delivering support after a suicide, as part of a wider suicide prevention strategy.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 9 January 2017

Documents

Support after a suicide: a guide to providing local services

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2016392

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Details

This practical guidance helps commissioners understand why and how they can deliver support after suicide (also known as postvention support) in their local areas.

The National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA) has published further guidance on:

• developing and delivering local bereavement support services
• evaluating local bereavement support services services

Published 9 January 2017