The Public Sector Agreement target is to, by 2010, reduce the number of deaths from suicide and undetermined causes by at least 20%, with local services having in place from March 2002: systematic suicide audit programmes; multi-agency protocols for the sharing of information on high risk patients; and staff competent in the assessment of risk of suicide. 75% of all completed suicides involve people who are not in contact with specialist mental health services, therefore to be successful in reducing the suicide rate the development of local systems for suicide audit to learn lessons and take any necessary action is essential.
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| Band 1 - poor | - |
| Band 2 | No |
| Band 3 | - |
| Band 4 | Yes |
| Band 5 - good | - |