Dear Sir or Madam, May i request the suicide rates in
hospitals/Mental Health wards/units and within 1 year of leaving
hospitals/Mental Health wards/units within Sandwell West Midlands
covering the last 5 years. May i also request the overall suicides
statistics across Sandwell as a whole over the last 5 years.

Yours faithfully,

D K Elwell

[Subject only] Acknowledgement of case DE00000298226 received by the Department of Health.

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Our ref:DE00000298226
 
 
Dear Mr/Ms Elwell

Thank you for your email of 8 April requesting, under the Freedom of Information Act, information concerning suicide rates in hospitals/Mental Health wards/units, and within 1 year of leaving such units, within Sandwell, West Midlands, covering the last 5 years; also the overall suicides statistics across Sandwell as a whole over the last 5 years.

I am sorry to advise you that the information you requested is not held by the Department of Health.  However, the National Confidential Inquiry (NCI) into Suicide can provide data for Sandwell Mental Health and Social Care Trust, for Inquiry cases only, (those people who were in contact with mental health services in the 12 months prior to death).  The NCI is based at Manchester University, and contact details are available through its website, www.centre-suicide-prevention.man.ac.uk .  The most recent years of data in the public domain go up to 2005.  For the last five years of available Inquiry data (2001-2005) there were 41 Inquiry suicide cases.

If you wish to discuss these issues directly with this Trust, their website address, which includes contact details, is: www.smhsct.nhs.uk .

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me.  Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
 
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to:
 
Section Head
Freedom of Information Unit
Department of Health
Room 334B
Skipton House
80 London Road
SE1 6LH
Email:  [email address]
     
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Department. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
 
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
 
Yours sincerely
 
Colin McDonald
FOI Manager
Customer Service Centre

 

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