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Suicide prevention in Northamptonshire

In Northamptonshire, approximately 65 individuals take their own life each year. We believe every death by suicide is one too many and that suicide prevention should be a priority for all of us.

Call 999 if your life, or the life of someone else is in immediate danger.

The Suicide Prevention Steering Group (SPSG), led by the West Northamptonshire Council's and North Northamptonshire Council's Public Health Teams, aims to reduce the rate of suicide and self-harm in Northamptonshire and has coordinated the production of the latest suicide prevention strategy.

The organisations involved are:

  • Adult Social Care North Northamptonshire Council
  • Adult Social Care West Northamptonshire Council
  • British Transport Police
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
  • East Midlands Ambulance Service
  • East Midlands Railway
  • En-Fold
  • Farming Community Network
  • General Practice Alliance
  • Health and Justice Partnership
  • Highways England
  • Kelly’s Heroes
  • Network Rail
  • Northamptonshire Carers
  • Northamptonshire Coroner Office
  • Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Service
  • Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue
  • Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Northamptonshire Highways
  • Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
  • Northamptonshire Mind
  • Northamptonshire Police
  • Public Health North Northamptonshire Council
  • Public Health West Northamptonshire Council
  • Samaritans
  • Sends4Dad
  • Service Six
  • Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SoBS)
  • University of Northampton
  • Voice Northamptonshire
  • YouthWorks

Local information

National information

Government strategy

The UK Government published this document in 2023, setting out visions and aims to prevent self-harm and suicide, including the actions the government and other organisations will take to save lives.

Suicide prevention strategy for England: 2023 to 2028 (GOV.UK)

Previous UK Government documents

Preventing suicide in England: a cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives

Preventing suicide in England: fifth progress report of the cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives

Taskforce report

A report from the independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England in 2016, recommending key areas of action:

The five-year forward view for mental health

Practical resource for local authorities and partners

Published by Public Health England to support local authorities and partners to implement local suicide prevention plans:

Local suicide prevention planning: a practical resource

Suicide prevention recommendations

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published suicide prevention recommendations in 2018.

Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings

Last updated 02 July 2025