Category: Prevention

Suicide in people with severe mental health problems.

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID); 2026.

Suicide in people aged 18 to 74 referred to secondary mental health services, with or without contact or inpatient stay, in the 5 years before their death. These statistics improve understanding of mortality in the MH population and they support: suicide prevention planning, and design and delivery of preventive, clinical and support services to reduce early mortality experienced by people with mental health problems.

Suicide in people with severe mental health problems – GOV.UK

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Suicide Prevention and Self Harm bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

All credit to Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

In this issue:  
   

  • Neural correlates of self-directed violence: A large-sample resting-state fMRI study from UK Biobank
  • The effectiveness of meaning-based interventions in reducing suicide-related vulnerability: A systematic review
  • The relationship between caregiver burden, depression, suicidal thoughts, and quality of life in patients’ caregivers in the adult palliative service
  • Plus much more

27 October 2026 – Evidently Better

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Suicide Prevention and Self Harm Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

All credit goes over to our co-workers over at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

This webpage features key links and emerging reports about suicide prevention.

In this issue:  
   

  • A network analysis of protective and risk factors for suicide attempt among adolescents in twelve low- and lower-middle-income countries
  • Suicide in People With Co‐occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Conditions: An Integrative Literature Review to Inform Risk Formulation in Mental Health Nursing
  • Intermittent theta‐burst stimulation versus sham stimulation for suicidal ideation and psychiatric symptoms in depressive disorders: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
  • Plus much more
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15 October 2026 – Evidently Better

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Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning Bulletin

Volume 13 Issue 8 by North West Health Libraries

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Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning | from North West Health Libraries

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Play for change: The role of sport in preventing homelessness before it starts.

Centre for Homelessness Impact; 2026.

[This paper highlights both the existing contribution and the considerable untapped potential of sport as a lever for preventing homelessness before crisis occurs.]
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Update – helping people stay happy, healthy and independent: An update on the briefing from 2019.

Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA); 2026.

https://www.hfma.org.uk/publications/update-helping-people-stay-happy-healthy-and-independent
[This briefing outlines how community services remain central to delivering the NHS’s three strategic shifts — from hospital to community, treatment to prevention, and analogue to digital — by helping people stay healthy, independent and connected while reducing avoidable pressure on acute services.]
Available with appropriate registration or membership

Alcohol and drug misuse prevention, treatment and recovery guidance

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID); 2025.

Information and other resources to support commissioners, service providers and others providing alcohol and drug interventions. ‘Co-occurring mental health and substance use: delivery framework’ also added.

Alcohol and drug misuse prevention, treatment and recovery guidance – GOV.UK



Prevention in an ageing world

A window of opportunity

International Longevity Centre UK (ILC UK), April 7 2022

This report brings together ILC UK’s two-year global engagement programme on how to deliver prevention in an ageing world. It argues that while Covid has increased and exacerbated inequalities, it has also shown us how fast governments can act. There is a window of opportunity to build on the learnings from the pandemic. But governments need to act now.