The Fourth National Suicide Prevention Conference 2024: Partnerships, Collaboration, and Intervention
Collaboration and Early Intervention
London Marriott Hotel Regents Park 17 September 2024, 9:00am - 4:00pm
9:00am
Registration
9:40am
Chair's Welcome Address
Marina O’Brien, Specialist Suicide Bereavement Service and Suicide Prevention Manager, Second Step
9:50am
The Strategic Roadmap: A 5-Year Plan to Tackle and Prevent Suicide
- Gain insights into the comprehensive 5-year cross-sector strategy for suicide prevention in England
- Explore the national funding plans and understand their implications for enhancing local suicide prevention services
Liz Twist MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
10:10am
The Multi-Agency Approach to Suicide Prevention
- Emphasize the significance of collaborative efforts with local stakeholders and the formation of robust partnerships across voluntary and public sectors
- Explore intervention strategies, data sharing, and knowledge-sharing initiatives to establish sustainable approaches to suicide prevention
- Understand the importance of lived experience in approaches to prevention
Rosemary Ellis, Executive Lead, National Suicide Prevention Alliance
10:30am
A Co-Production Approach to Suicide Prevention Strategies
- Examine how Rethink Mental Illness and the North West London Integrated Care Board implemented a co-production approach
- Understand the role of experts by experience in designing and executing suicide prevention strategies
- Share success stories and challenges faced during the implementation of this collaborative model
Lourdes Colclough, Head of Suicide Prevention, Rethink Mental Illness, and Salma Ullah, Co-Founder and CFO, SHEWISE
10:50am
Creating and Evolving Suicide Prevention Training
- Developing effective suicide prevention training
- Highlight the involvement of experts by experience and collaboration with key partners
- Questions and answers
Benjamin May, Founder and Global Lead, The New Normal Charity
11:10am
Break and Networking
11:40am
Faith-Based Approaches to Suicide Prevention
- Recognising the significance of faith in understanding mental health and suicide
- Sharing an example of engagement with faith communities to co-produce mental health and suicide prevention initiatives
Jeff Lake, Deputy Director of Public Health, Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and Jeremy Simmons, Policy and Programme Manager, FaithAction, and Sandeep Saib, Lived & Living Experience Mental Health Advocate
12:00pm
Peer Support in Prison – The Power of Lived Experience to Prevent Suicide in the Justice System
- Listen to experiences of suicide and self-harm in the justice system
- Understand the challenges of supporting mental health in prisons
- Explore the effectiveness of Peer Support as a powerful, skilled and resource effective way of facilitating positive outcomes for prisoners and prison leavers
Jon Floyd, With-you Associate
12:20pm
Reducing Suicide Amongst People Impacted by Domestic Abuse
- Examine the research highlighting the link between domestic abuse and suicide
Tim Woodhouse, Suicide Prevention Programme Manager, Kent County Council
12:40pm
Questions and Answers Panel
- Speakers from the previous session will join for an audience Q&A
12:55pm
Lunch and Networking
1:55pm
Designing Comprehensive Crisis Support Through Partnership Models
- Introduce the biopsychosocial model as a framework for understanding crisis situations and mental ill health from a holistic approach
- Discuss the benefits of combining community-based services with clinical support to create a comprehensive safety net for individuals in crisis
- Highlight the successful collaboration between Everyturn Mental Health and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) in launching England’s first ‘Distress Brief Intervention’ service
- Explore how similar partnerships can be replicated in other regions to improve crisis intervention services
Adam Crampsie, CEO, Everyturn Mental Health
2:15pm
Tackling Suicide in the LGBTQ+ Community
- Address the unique challenges and strategies for improving outcomes in suicide prevention within the LGBTQ+ community
- Understand the barrier to services and the knock-on effect this has on wellbeing
Charlotte Cooke, Director of Services, LGBT Foundation
2:35pm
Preventing Suicides on Public Transport
- Overview of the suicide rates on the rail systems, with a focus on the stark increase in London compared to national averages
- Discussion of the current plans and measures implemented by TfL to prevent suicides, including training for staff, use of technology, and collaboration with mental health organisations
- Exploring potential collaborations with other public transport authorities, mental health services, and community organisations to enhance suicide prevention efforts
Nicola Brady, Senior Operational Policy, Insight and Analysis Manager Compliance, Policing, Operations & Security, Transport for London
2:55pm
Questions and Answers Panel
3:10pm
Break and Networking
3:30pm
Enhancing Support Pathways for Alcohol Issues and Suicidality
- Discuss the barriers to accessing mental health and alcohol services
- Gain insights from the lived experiences of survey participants and interviewees, highlighting when and how these barriers are experienced
- Explore practical approaches and policy changes needed to ensure seamless access to mental health and alcohol services
- Questions and answers
Holly Wood, Policy and Public Affairs Officer, With You
3:50pm
Suicide Bereavement Services Best Practice
- Explore how services can deliver what they are expected to deliver
- Understand the core standards for suicide bereavement and why they are important
- Questions and answers
John Whitebrook, Trustee, Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
4:10pm
Chair’s Closing Summary
Marina O’Brien, Specialist Suicide Bereavement Service and Suicide Prevention Manager, Second Step
4:15pm
Close
*programme subject to change without notice