Suicide Prevention Archived Learning Resources and Materials
Scotland’s Suicide Prevention Action Plan ‘Every Life Matters’ (1) outlined ' Action 2 - The Scottish Government will fund the creation and implementation of refreshed mental health and suicide prevention training by May 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group (NSPLG) will support delivery across public and private sectors and, as a first step, will require that alongside the physical health training NHS staff receive, they will now receive mental health and suicide prevention training' (SGHD, 2018).
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and Public Health Scotland (PHS) were commissioned by Scottish Government through the (NSPLG) to take forward a programme of work to support the implementation of Action 2 with the first outputs being delivered in Spring 2019.
We welcome the opportunity to share the developments over the last few years with you, during which time educational delivery required to be more responsive and adaptive for online delivery.
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This webinar from early 2020 explores the wider health and social factors influencing mental health, including the impact of Covid-19 and showcases the NES and PHS learning resources related to the skilled level of the Mental Health Improvement and Suicide Prevention Knowledge and Skills Framework.
The MHI&SP team have put together a Microsoft SWAY document which contains information and links to the resources we have created and added to Turas Learn.
You can use this SWAY document to pass along information of our resources to colleagues or other individuals.