New study finds no evidence of weekend increase in mental health patient suicide
Current government policy priority is to extend health services to a full ‘seven-day NHS’ The paper found that the incidence of suicide was 12-15 percent lower at the weekend
A new study from The University of Manchester, prompted by current government policy for a ‘seven-day NHS’, has found that suicide deaths by mental health patients are actually lower at the weekends. A current government policy priority is to extend health services to a full ‘seven-day NHS’, partly due to claims that patients admitted at […]