Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued for health professionals regarding patients who are at risk of suicide.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance for the National Health Service, social care, local authorities, emergency services, the criminal justice system and other services to identify those most at risk. Copies of Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings and a quality standard Suicide prevention are attached.