Support for commissioning for self-harm

"This resource supports commissioners to drive up quality, and ensure that self‑harm is being adequately addressed, in a range of generic services that are commonly used by people who self‑harm."

CMG50: NICE support for commissioning for self-harm
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
June 2013

Read the full document and supporting material, including the commissioning and budgeting tool, here.

NICE clinical case scenarios

Clinical case scenarios are an educational resource that can be used for individual or group learning. Each question should be considered by the individual or group before referring to the answers.The resource is available in a PDF document for individual learning or as a power point presentation to help facilitate group learning.

Here is a list of clinical case scenarios that are currently available:

• CG108 Chronic heart failure
• CG113 Anxiety
• CG122 Ovarian cancer
• CG123 Common mental health disorders
• CG126 Stable angina: chest pain algorithm
• CG127 Hypertension
• CG131 Colorectal cancer
• CG133 Self-harm (longer-term management) 
• CG135 Organ donation
• CG137 Epilepsy

Preventing suicide through community and emergency healthcare

This briefing looks at the new suicide prevention toolkits for the NHS, developed by the National Patient Safety Agency.

Preventing suicide through community and emergency healthcare
NHS Confederation - Mental Health Network
December 2011

Read more here.