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Goal 5: Integrating the Care - Mental Health
Learning
• Staff have been trained to deliver ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
2-day suicide intervention skills training and are working to increase capacity of course
delivery for workforce
• 2 regional learning events occurred in July and December 2019 aimed at sharing
suicide specific data and learning from the National Confidential Inquiry Suicide
information system's analysis of local suicide prevalence and looking at early work by
TZS to introduce best practice
• Series of staff awareness sessions aimed at increasing knowledge of the Towards Zero
Suicide approach and how staff can become involved - we have trained over 500 staff in
the Zero Suicide Alliance training.
• A regional action plan has been developed embedding Quality Improvement to
strategically embed TZS across Trusts
• Continued testing of the safety planning programme of work
• Virtual learning event in relation to minimising restrictive practice
• Development of lived experience network and embedding co-production in to all areas
of the work
• Scoping exercise to be completed reviewing the effectiveness of 3 day and 7 day follow
up post discharge from an acute hospital admission
• Scoping of work force skills and availability of educational opportunities to develop skills.
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