Notes of Meeting - Yy-Mm-Dd

Mental Health, Dementia & Neurological Conditions

Suicide Prevention Steering Group

25th April 2014

Lyngford House, Taunton

Action Notes

Present: Adrian James (Chair), Justine Faulkner (Network Manager), Chukumeka Maxwell, Corinne Thomas, Elaine Hodgson, Gerry Cadogan, Gina Bird, Helen Smith, Nicky Hayward, Nicola Glassbrook, Patricia Woodhead, Peter Aitken, Donna Lane, Robert Gough,Tobit Emmens, Julia Moore, Hazel Crook, Alastair Harlow.

Apologies:Lee Hayward, Bristol Samaritans (Maggie)Rebecca Hardwick, Rob Anderson, Ann Redmayne.

1. Actions by allocation to group member. ACTION: Adrian James – Mind and Rethink to be contacted and invited to join the Steering Group. ACTION: Adrian James – Address engagement with Somerset, Gloucestershire and AWP Patch and contact key stakeholders. ACTION: Adrian James – Invite to CCGs and GPs (as providers) to the group ACTION: Corrine Thomas - Project Design Presentation ACTION: Corinne Thomas – to Develop a ‘Charter’ for organisations joining the collaborative, draft to be created for the next Project Board, and discussed at the next Suicide Preventions Steering Group in June. ACTION: Hazel Crook – arrange a GP secondment from Devon and Cornwall Area Team to be asked to contribute on project work basis ACTION: Helen Smith & Sue Jones – Circulate ‘A guide to how to develop driver diagrams with notes. ACTION: Patricia Woodhead - circulate an article from the Economist ‘Vision Zero’ ACTION: Sue Jones – to compile a list of the organisation that has been identified as stakeholders to this work. ACTION: Sue Jones – Agenda Items for future meetings – Call Centres / 111 / Ambulance and police data. (added to agenda) ACTION: Sue Jones – Circulate Membership of the Project Board (Membership list attached of both the Project Board and the Working Group)

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ACTION: Sue Jones - Circulate Preventing Suicide in England 2012 & 2014 with notes ACTION: Sue Jones – Circulate Helen Smiths Presentation ‘Driver Diagram’ with the notes ACTION: 5 Leads – to take forward further populating the Drive Diagram, Volunteers to take a primary drive each, and work with colleagues to add detail to the Driver diagram ( Send to Helen Smith by the end of May), and present feedback at the next group.  Hazel Crook - to lead on reduce suicide to Zero by 2018.  Nicola Glassbrook – Tailor approaches to MH in Specific Groups.  Gina Bird – Providing better information and support to those who feel at the risk of suicide.  Alastair Harlow – Support the media in delivering Sensitive approaches to Suicide  Tobit Emmens and Peter Aitken – Limit Access to means of Suicide GROUP ACTION: Develop an ongoing issues log

2. Other Information  World Suicide Prevention Day – 10th September 201 - A communications Campaign to be planned for this week prior to launch event in October Action - Adrian James  Dates of Future Meetings / Events - Launch Event 8th October 2014 Steering Group - 27th June 2014 Steering Group - 12th September 2014

Project Team and Steering Group

Members lists.xlsx

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Issues Log

 Engagement of GP’s

 Appropriateness of methodology for some of the issues

 Absent services and agencies which this group may struggle to influence   How to address some of the factors that may impact on an individual’s decision to take their own life.