Welcome to our site.
Everybody, wherever they work or provide support, can contribute to improving mental health and preventing self-harm and suicide. To do so effectively, people need knowledge and skills and that’s where learning, education, and training come in.
Where do I start?
We’ve organised our site using terms from our Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF). A great starting point is to explore the KSF and how it connects to your role. This will help you find the most relevant learning resources. You can access the KSF here: Knowledge and Skills Framework | Turas | Learn (nhs.scot)
Use the menu on the left or the icons in the Learning resources section to explore the site and browse the learning resources available.
You can access the Learning resource section here: Learning resources
Briefing Document
NES and Public Health Scotland have created a Briefing Document that gives an overview of the learning resources available. It’s mainly designed for commissioners, learning and development leads, and those involved in workforce planning. It can also help individual learners understand what’s available.
You can access the Briefing Document here: Briefing Document
Learning resources
Use the menu on the left or the icons below to explore the site and browse the learning resources available.
Briefing document
Supporting the Learning Needs of the Scottish Workforce Briefing Document
This briefing provides a summary of the resources developed in partnership by Public Health Scotland (PHS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to support workforce learning needs associated with mental health improvement and the prevention of self-harm and suicide. It is aimed at commissioners, learning and development leads, workforce planners as well as individual staff who are working in all sectors in Scotland.
Research Summary Report: Supporting people in suicidal crisis
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) commissioned independent qualitative research to help inform the development of a planned new learning resource for a range of professionals who might provide support to individuals experiencing suicidal crisis. The research included engagement with:
- Frontline practitioners/service providers (including health, social care, voluntary, private and public sector services) - to explore the skills and knowledge perceived as being necessary to support a person (and their friends, families, supporters) in suicidal crisis; and
- People with lived experience of suicidal crisis, their families, friends and supporters - to explore what responses they perceived as both helpful and unhelpful when accessing services to support them.
You can access the summary report on Supporting people in suicide crisis here: