Campaigning for Suicide Prevention and Reform of #SuicideRiskAssessment in memory of Tom Pirie #suicideprevention #stopthestigma #patientsafety
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24 Jun 2025
I spoke recently on BBC Breakfast about the need to reduce the stigma of suicide
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Philip Pirie retweeted
Jun 13
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Very strong words ahead of expected social media ban from @mollyroseorg -
Ian Russell tells us govt is rushing in a blanket ban, rather than more sophisticated controls, under political pressure, in a 'deplorable way'
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Philip Pirie retweeted
Jun 12
Talk to public health colleagues this wk. 1st slide on national suicide rate, showing
•long-term fall, culminating in 2007, lowest rate on record
•⬆️ after 2008 recession, the economy always a major driver
•rise in 2018 when standard of proof required at inquest was lowered.
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Jun 8
The stigma of suicide stops people talking about their feelings and stops us asking about them.
Please sign and circulate this petition for a public health campaign to reduce the stigma of suicide. #suicideprevention
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Philip Pirie retweeted
May 18
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“compared to seeing a new GP, seeing your usual GP was linked with an 11-21% reduction in hospitalisations, including ED presentations.
For patients seeing a known GP, there was an 18-28% reduction.”
Continuity of care matters!
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Philip Pirie retweeted
May 18
Our country feels fragmented. And too many people feel unheard.
We want to learn what unites us, and what divides us.
Listen back to my full interview on @BBCR4Today this morning below, and visit thenationalconversation.org.… to add your voice to the conversation.
May 18
A major new research project by the Independent Commission on Community and Cohesion is trying to address the problem of increasingly fractured communities.
Project chair Sir Sajid Javid and playwright James Graham discuss the social cohesion crisis.
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May 15
Extremely grateful to @DrLadeSmith President @rcpsych for pledging the College’s support for a public health campaign to reduce the stigma of suicide. @jamesmurray_ldn @subodhdave1 @DHSCgovuk
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Prof Mosse also talked about the low-risk paradox and the recent NHS England Staying Safe from Suicide guidance which promotes individualised, collaborative risk assessment focused on modifiable factors. Read the guidance here england.nhs.uk/long-read/sta… 1/2
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In recognition of 30 years of NCISH, we heard throughout today’s conference from:
Baroness Gillian Merron
Dr Lade Smith CBE
Angela Samata @Angelasamata
Philip Pirie @philippirie
Professor Jo Robinson
Professor Siobhan O’Neill
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Philip Pirie retweeted
May 13
Labour MP @NazShahBfd opens the King's Speech debate:
"Someone like me who spent her formative years fighting a campaign to release her mother from prison, who did not have a formal education beyond 12... forced into a marriage at 15... attempting suicide... Yet, here I stand."
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Philip Pirie retweeted
May 10
Our 2026 annual report, to be presented this week, covers 18,602 suicides by UK mental health patients.
Worth pausing on that tragic figure. Real lives behind the statistics, preventable deaths not prevented, families devastated. @NCISH_UK
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish…
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May 1
Delighted to have met Ian Russell at @suicideandco conference last week. The indomitable Amelia Wrighton hosted. @iambenwest inspiring speaker #suicideprevention
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Philip Pirie retweeted
Apr 30
Updating my risk training at @LeedsandYorkPFT. @philippirie we are watching a video you made about your lovely son. Thank you.
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Apr 28
Immensely grateful to Lade Smith for pledging RCPsych’s support for my proposal for a public health campaign to reduce the stigma of suicide.
@DrLadeSmith @subodhdave1 @rcpsych @iambenwest @ClaireCNWL @DHSCgovuk #suicideprevention
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Mar 6
Very pleased to have been part of the @rcpsych conference on Men’s Mental Health 24 Feb with Baroness Merron (Mental Health Minister), @DrLadeSmith (President) and Dr Jon Van Niekerk. Powerful day thanks to all who contributed. #mensmentalhealth #suicideprevention
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Philip Pirie retweeted
Feb 18
"Everyone's overwhelmed. We are literally on our knees."
Dr Lade Smith, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, says the government's investment in mental health services is 'not quite enough' to tackle the crisis.
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Philip Pirie retweeted
Feb 18
As part of our role with The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales #NationalSuicidePreventionNetwork we joined an important conversation about men and suicide with @kensingtonroyal @professorgreen @GuvnaB @gregjames for BBC Radio listen at bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002rh…
Joining @gregjames, @professorgreen, @guvnab and @JamesPlaceUK on BBC Radio1 for an important conversation on suicide prevention.
Listen today at 8pm on @BBCR1 or @BBCSounds now.
If you or anyone you know has been affected by this topic, details of organisations offering information are available at BBC Action Line.
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Philip Pirie retweeted
Don’t miss the chance to hear Baroness Clare Gerada and Professor Robin Dunbar share their insights at the Men’s Mental Health Conference.
Register today: bit.ly/3NrQNSx
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Philip Pirie retweeted
Bereaved families push politicians to make universities’ responsibilities toward their students clearer as suicides continue
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Jan 7
Absolutely delighted that my MP @sarahjolney1 asked @Keir_Starmer at PMQs today for public health campaign for#SuicidePrevention. PM agreed to “work across the house on this tragic issue” and said ministers will meet her to discuss. @wesstreeting
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Philip Pirie retweeted
31 Dec 2025
Hope for 2026: a lower suicide rate.
England’s rate has been unchanged since 2018 - no rise despite a pandemic, a recession & huge pressure on NHS.
2026 needs to be the year the rate falls, as it did in 2000s when rates were the lowest on record.
What will that take? 🧵
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