Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 136450, what information his Department holds on suicides of patients in NHS care; and if he will publish that information.

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health at the Manchester University, commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement, is the official source of data on suicides for people in contact with mental health services. The most recent published report is the ‘National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (2019). Annual Report: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales’. The 2020 report will be published soon.