Publication of NHS England’s Staying Safe from Suicide guidance

We welcome the publication of NHS England's Staying Safe from Suicide  guidance. The guidance represents an important step forward in providing best practice to help practitioners support patients and clients to stay safe from suicide.

We were glad to take part in the working group that created the guidance, sharing our perspectives on how the guidance can be implemented effectively by the regulators and Accredited Registers we oversee. 

We encourage practitioners across public, independent, and voluntary sectors to use this guidance. As part of this, we've pledged to look at how the guidance can be integrated into our evaluations of how regulators and Accredited Registers meet our standards.  We are currently reviewing our standards to keep them fit for the future.