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)
• Dr Carol Buchanan, Health and Social Care Partnerships
• Rachel Cackett, Executive Director for Scotland, Samaritans
• Julie Cameron, Mental Health Foundation
• Dr Alastair Cook, Principal Medical Officer, Scottish Government
• Fiona Drouet, Emilytest
• Dr David Hall, Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Chief Superintendent Linda Jones, Police Scotland
• Dr Amy Knighton, Royal College of GPs
• Nicky Reid, SPFL Trust
• Angela Scott, Chief Executive, Aberdeen City Council
• 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

Documents

• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: September 2021
• Time, Space, Compassion Three simple words, one big difference: Recommendations for improvements in suicidal crisis response
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group (NSPLG): third annual report
• Suicide prevention action plan 2018 - 2020: review
• Suicide prevention leadership group: second annual report
• 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 - Academic Advisory Group: terms of reference
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group - Lived Experience Panel Steering Group: terms of reference
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group: response to Online Harms White Paper
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group: COVID-19 statement
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: July 2021
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: May 2021
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: March 2021
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: February 2021
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: December 2020
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: October 2020
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: September 2020
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: June 2020
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: April 2020
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: February 2020
• National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group minutes: December 2019
• 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