Suicide Prevention
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The BBC has reported that: “deaths, staff shortages and a culture of life-threatening self-harm are exposing deep fears about the quality of mental health care in hospitals for children and...
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Ashtons Legal partner Sharon Allison has assisted The Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) through contributing towards a guide to consent, confidentiality and information sharing in mental healthcare and suicide prevention. Sharon...
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Following the tragic suicide of 18-year-old Edward Mallen in 2015, his father, Steve Mallen, made a promise to his son at his funeral that he would investigate the failures in...
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Today marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021. It is so important to recognise when an individual needs support and to fight to help them receive that support....
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As the children went back to school this week, parents were being contacted by schools to raise awareness of distressing video images on the social media video platform of a...
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Movember is an annual event that takes place throughout November that involves the growing of moustaches in order to raise awareness for men’s mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular...
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Yesterday (9 May 2019), Ashtons Medical Negligence partner, Sharon Allison, attended the Inaugural launch of the Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) in London. This initiative was born largely out of the...
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