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Latest changes – suicide and bereavement response

Date Category Guidance Changes
Mental health Suicide and bereavement response

Replaced reference to 'management of police information code of practice' with 'Police information and records management Code of Practice' and added link.

Mental health Suicide and bereavement response

Added links to guidance on planned assisted suicide and completed assisted suicide, under Suicide pacts or assisted suicide.

Mental health Suicide and bereavement response

Changes made to section Suicide and bereavement response. An additional bullet was added – 'consider whether domestic abuse or coercive and controlling behaviour may have contributed to or caused the death'

Mental health Suicide and bereavement response

Added new reference document (College of Policing (2022) Delivering a death message) to the section on Conveying the message.

Mental health Suicide and bereavement response

Reference to POLKA link removed.

Mental health Suicide and bereavement response

Amended content under After a suicide attempt in line with Coroner rulings.

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