National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group
Overview
National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group (NSPLG) has been established to help drive implementation of the Scottish Government’s Suicide Prevention Action Plan (2018), which sets out a target to further reduce the rate of suicide by 20% by 2022 (from a 2017 baseline).
NSPLG meets every month.
The group's terms of reference, delivery plan, minutes and other papers are at the bottom of this page in the Documents section.
Members
Members
- Rose Fitzpatrick CBE, QPM (Chair)
- Rachel Cackett, Executive Director for Scotland, Samaritans
- George Dodds, Director of Health Equity and Director of Health and Work, NHS Health Scotland
- Fiona Drouet, Emilytest
- Chief Superintendent David Duncan, Police Scotland
- Toni Giugliano, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Mental Health Foundation
- Dr David Hall, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Nigel Henderson, Chief Executive, Penumbra
- Dr Amy Knighton, Royal College of GPs
- Lara McDonald, Young Person Representative, nominated via Young Scot
- Jane O’Donnell, Head of Service Policy, COSLA
- Nicky Reid, SPFL Trust
- Angela Scott, Chief Executive, Aberdeen City Council
- Dr Michael Smith, Lead Associate Medical Director, NHS Greater Glasgow Clyde CE and IJB rep
- Alan Thornburrow, Business In The Community
- Billy Watson, Chief Executive, SAMH
Advisors
- Professor Steve Platt, Co-Chair of the Academic Advisory Group
- Professor Rory O’Connor, Co-Chair of the Academic Advisory Group
Documents
- Suicide prevention leadership group: annual report 2019
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group: delivery plan
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group: terms of reference
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group: response to Online Harms White Paper
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: October 2019
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: September 2019
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: July 2019
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: June 2019
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: May 2019
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: March 2019
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: February 2019
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: January 2019
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: December 2018
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: November 2018
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: October 2018
- National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: September 2018