Emergency Calls: Suicide

(asked on 11th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of 999 calls received from or concerning a person who is feeling suicidal are responded to by (a) an ambulance, (b) the police, (c) the fire brigade and (d) other emergency services.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 14th December 2017

Data is not collected centrally.

Guidance for 999 call handlers on how to respond to callers who are feeling suicidal is developed and delivered by each local ambulance trust, informed by the Mental Health Care Crisis Concordat. This sets out the principles and good practice that should be followed by health staff, police officers and approved mental health professionals when working together to help people in a mental health crisis.

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