National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group

Overview

The work of the National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group (NSPLG) is now led by the National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group (NSPAG).

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)
• Dr Carol Buchanan, Health and Social Care Partnerships
• Julie Cameron, Mental Health Foundation
• Dr Alastair Cook, Principal Medical Officer, Scottish Government
• Fiona Drouet, Emilytest
• Dr David Hall, Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Dr Amy Knighton, Royal College of GPs
• Nicky Reid, SPFL Trust
• Claire Sweeney, Director of Place and Wellbeing, Public Health Scotland
• Billy Watson, Chief Executive, SAMH
• Mike Burns, Chief Executive, Penumbra
• Nicola Dickie, Director of People Policy, COSLA

Advisors

• Professor Steve Platt, Co-Chair of the Academic Advisory Group
• Professor Rory O’Connor, Co-Chair of the Academic Advisory Group

Publications

Time, Space, Compassion Three simple words, one big difference: Recommendations for improvements in suicidal crisis response

National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group: delivery plan

National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group: terms of reference

National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group - Academic Advisory Group: terms of reference

National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group - Lived Experience Panel Steering Group: terms of reference