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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 17762890" data-attributes="member: 218596"><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80327000/jpg/_80327538_depressed.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />      An NHS trust in Liverpool is copying the example of a suicide prevention strategy in Detroit                                        The government is calling for a fundamental overhaul of how the NHS tackles suicides.         Deputy PM Nick Clegg says many suicides are preventable and wants hospitals to aim to end all such deaths.         The approach is based on a successful scheme in the US city  of Detroit, where the suicide rate among patients in the scheme fell by  75% within four years.         More than 4,700 people killed themselves in England in 2013, <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_351100.pdf" target="_blank">a rise of more than 6% on 2012</a>.         "Suicide is preventable, it is not inevitable", said Mr Clegg.           "We have to break this hidden assumption that nothing can be done to stop people killing themselves.    “Start Quote Suicide is one of the biggest killers  of men under the age of 50 and if this was a physical health problem,  there would be a national outcry”       Nick Clegg     Deputy Prime Minister                "Suicide is one of the biggest  killers of men under the age of 50 and if this was a physical health  problem, there would be a national outcry."   Detroit success           The deputy prime minister wants hospitals to adopt an approach pioneered by the Henry Ford Medical Group in Detroit.           In 2001, it embarked on a wide-ranging programme that  included improved staff training, increased contact with patients and  better education for the families of people who were deemed to be at  risk.         Within four years, the suicide rate among Henry Ford's  patient population had fallen by 75%; by 2008, they had stopped all  suicides among patients of the medical group.         Inspired by what happened in Detroit, Merseycare NHS Trust in Liverpool is now embarking on a similar strategy.          It is going to:   <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> created a Safe from Suicide Team, a 24/7 group of experts which  rapidly and thoroughly assesses patients who are having suicidal  thoughts</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> improve the care of people who present with self-harm injuries  at accident and emergency units, offering them therapies on the spot and  following up with them when they go home</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> improve data collection on patients to get a better  understanding of how and where patients are most at risk of suicide and  then targeting resources at them.   </li> </ul>'Suicides deserve respect'           Dr David Fearnley, medical director at the trust, believes  that within 18 months there will be a noticeable decrease in the number  of patients who kill themselves.          "When people have a very serious physical injury, like chest  pains or strokes, hospitals put all that they can around them to make  them better.          "We think suicides deserve the same respect, the same  intensity, the same innovative level of care. That's our ambition and we  think we can deliver that."         Iris (who asked us not to use her surname) has tried to kill herself on several occasions.         She has complex mental health problems as a result of severe childhood trauma.         "I really wanted to take my own life (so as) not to hurt anyone anymore," says the 57 year old.           She's now glad she didn't, after being helped to survive by her mental health team and her family.           "They never gave up on me even when I'd given up on myself.  They've supported me when I've been unwell.  I still have those thoughts  but I now know where to go."   'Overstretched'           What Mr Clegg calls a "new ambition" for the NHS comes as  mental health services are under increasing pressure, with demand  soaring, budgets falling and patients regularly complaining about poor  care.          While not denying the stresses on the system, the deputy  prime minister insists that his goal of drastically reducing suicides is  achievable.           Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said there was plenty to consider first.         "Any reduction in suicides pledged by the government will  never be achieved until it is accepted that psychiatric beds and units  must be restored or replaced, and that we do not rely on overstretched  crisis teams.          "As we have been told, you can't keep someone on suicide watch in the community."</blockquote>

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