The publication this week of the suicide prevention strategy for England is a hugely positive step, not just for those of us who work in this area but for the country as a whole, because suicide prevention is everyone’s business.
More than 5,000 people in England take their own life each year and one in five adults say they have felt suicidal at some point in their lives. At Samaritans we answer a call for help every 10 seconds, and last year there wasn’t a single second when a Samaritan wasn’t on a call.
