Suicide

Wirral Suicide Audit

Wirral Suicide Audit 2019-21

Wirral Suicide Audit 2019-21 (produced June 2023)

The 2019-21 audit is based on cases examined by the Liverpool Coroner during 2019, 2020 and 2021 (calendar years) and also looks at longer term trend data.

Wirral Suicide Audit 2018-20

Wirral Suicide Audit 2018-20 (produced August 2022)

The 2018-20 audit is based on cases examined by the Liverpool Coroner during 2018, 2019 and 2020 (calendar years) and also looks at longer term trend data.

Wirral Suicide Audit 2017-19

Wirral Suicide Audit 2017-19 (produced August 2022)

The 2017-19 audit is based on cases examined by the Liverpool Coroner during 2017, 2018 and 2019 (calendar years) and also looks at longer term trend data.

Wirral Suicide Audit 2016-18

Wirral Suicide Audit 2016-18 (produced September 2019)

The 2016-18 audit is based on cases examined by the Liverpool Coroner during 2016, 2017 and 2018 (calendar years) and also looks at longer term trend data.

Further information
  • Suicide Prevention Strategy: Cheshire and Merseyside (2022-2027)
    The new Cheshire and Merseyside Suicide Prevention Strategy for 2022-2027 was launched on 15/11/2022. The new strategy will focus on four key areas; men, children and young people, self-harm and inequalities.
  • No More Suicide: Preventing suicide in Cheshire and Merseyside (2015-2020)
    Five Year Progress - NO MORE Suicide Strategy
  • Suicide Prevention Profile for Wirral
    This national profile produced by PHE brings together nationally available data on suicide, risk factors for suicide and service contacts for groups at increased risk of suicide. The data is presented at local level to help develop understanding, and support benchmarking, commissioning and service improvement.

  • Preventing suicide in England: Third progress report of the cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives
    The third progress report of the suicide prevention strategy sets out what's being done to reduce deaths by suicide in England. These updates will help to meet the recommendations of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health relevant to suicide prevention: to reduce the number of suicides by 10% by the year ending March 2021.

  • Suicide prevention: fourth annual report
    Setting out what has been done to reduce deaths by suicide in England during 2017 and 2018.

  • Suicide prevention: cross-government plan
    How the government will work with the NHS, local government and the voluntary sector to reduce suicides.

Please note: previous single year Suicide Audit reports (for 2013 to 2017) have been moved to our Archive section of the website.

The current reports above will make reference to this previous data when considering longer term trends.