Suicide and homicide research contract won by Manchester Centre
Press release: 20 January 2011
The Centre for Suicide Prevention at The University of Manchester has won a major research contract to investigate suicide and homicide by people with mental illness.
The new work will extend research currently conducted by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (Inquiry). The Inquiry was first established at The University of Manchester in 1996 but the new contract for this work was won in open competition.
As part of the contract from the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), the Inquiry will monitor suicides and other specified causes of death within mental health services. Themed reviews will provide recommendations to improve patient care and will cover a range of topics, such as risk assessment, care delivery and management of self-injury.
Professor Louis Appleby, Director of the Centre, said: “This award recognises the high quality of the research that we have carried out in this field for over a decade. It confirms The University of Manchester’s place as one of the leading centres internationally for research into clinical risk management.”
Sarndrah Horsfall, Acting Chief Executive of the NPSA, said: “These contracts and the data provided by each supplier will support clinicians, managers and policy makers in gathering learning from adverse events and it will contribute to ongoing work aimed at improving healthcare practice.”
Murray Devine, Head of Patient Safety Policy, Department of Health, said: “The findings from this programme will assess quality and stimulate improvement in safety and effectiveness by enabling health practitioners to learn both from adverse events and from examples of high quality care.”
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