Suicide Prevention: NIHR Programme Grant

A multi-centre programme of clinical and public health research in support of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England

Every year in England there are over 4,000 suicides and 140,000 people go to hospital following self-harm ('attempted suicide').

The aim of this programme of research is to carry out a series of linked studies, the purpose of which is to:

improve the management of self-harm
reduce the incidence of suicide
provide reliable data to evaluate the impact of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England (2002)

The research is a collaboration between these institutions