Mentions:
1: None death.Akash Bashir, who was 20, was on the welcome group at his church in Pakistan when he stopped a suicide - Speech Link
Found: In regards to Clause 4 subsection (2): The idea of assisted suicide is, for the majority of people, not
Nov. 04 2008
Source Page: Defence instructors handbook. 108 p.Found: Instructor-led or student-led questions. Student discussion. Student activity.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her Department's policy that universities should have a statutory duty of care to students.
Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The department has asked the higher education (HE) Student Support Champion, Professor Edward Peck, to continue to work with students, parents, mental health experts and the HE sector to drive meaningful change in mental health practice through the HE Mental Health Implementation Taskforce.
The Office for Students (OfS) is providing £400,000 of funding to the student mental health charity, Student Minds, to rapidly expand the scale and membership of the University Mental Health Charter Programme. The Programme supports universities to adopt a whole-institution approach to mental health, and also follow a process of continuous improvement to work towards the Charter Award. The University Mental Health Charter is already raising standards within the sector.
The department has appointed academic experts from the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health to undertake a National Review of HE Suicides. It will report findings by spring 2025, ensuring lessons from tragic cases are shared widely across the sector.
In 2024, to support HE providers to engage with the National Review of HE Suicides and develop mental health and suicide prevention strategies, the OfS is allocating £15 million of funding. This funding is in addition to the £10 million provided early this year to support student mental health and hardship.
The government is determined that children and young people receive the mental health care they need which is why it has committed to recruit 8500 additional staff across children and adult mental health services.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help improve mental health practice in universities.
Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The department has asked the higher education (HE) Student Support Champion, Professor Edward Peck, to continue to work with students, parents, mental health experts and the HE sector to drive meaningful change in mental health practice through the HE Mental Health Implementation Taskforce.
The Office for Students (OfS) is providing £400,000 of funding to the student mental health charity, Student Minds, to rapidly expand the scale and membership of the University Mental Health Charter Programme. The Programme supports universities to adopt a whole-institution approach to mental health, and also follow a process of continuous improvement to work towards the Charter Award. The University Mental Health Charter is already raising standards within the sector.
The department has appointed academic experts from the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health to undertake a National Review of HE Suicides. It will report findings by spring 2025, ensuring lessons from tragic cases are shared widely across the sector.
In 2024, to support HE providers to engage with the National Review of HE Suicides and develop mental health and suicide prevention strategies, the OfS is allocating £15 million of funding. This funding is in addition to the £10 million provided early this year to support student mental health and hardship.
The government is determined that children and young people receive the mental health care they need which is why it has committed to recruit 8500 additional staff across children and adult mental health services.
Mentions:
1: Chris Bloore (Lab - Redditch) The report found that almost a third of colleges reported at least one death by suicide in the previous - Speech Link
2: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon and Consett) Friend will know that suicide is the main cause of death for young people under the age of 35 in the - Speech Link
3: Chris Bloore (Lab - Redditch) The Association of Colleges found that more than 30% of colleges are not involved in their local suicide - Speech Link
4: Dan Aldridge (Lab - Weston-super-Mare) We must ensure that the teams are expanded across the country, reaching every school and every student - Speech Link
Found: (3) Assisted dying / assisted suicide before Parliament(s): a rapid reaction webinar (2024) (4)
Found: dying and the GP workforce- the potential for harm to doctors and patients I am a GP and medical student
Mentions:
1: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) Suicide is the biggest cause of death in men under the age of 50. - Speech Link
2: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) They include student welfare workers, youth workers who are not necessarily involved in youth justice - Speech Link
3: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Dr Spencer), about recognising World Suicide Prevention Day. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) Sadly, suicide is the biggest killer of young people under 35. - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) She understands that, but yet again she is proving that all she can do is student politics, and playing - Speech Link
3: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) We know that the Leader of the Opposition lobbied personally to remove annual limits on student and work - Speech Link