Support unpaid carers so they aren’t pushed to the brink of suicide

Summary

With almost half of parent-carers contemplating taking their lives, Dr Louise Lawson calls for urgent action by the government Reading the report on Matilda Davis’s death was heartbreaking ( Burnham backs mandatory suicide prevention training for social workers after parent-carer Matilda Davis’s death, 21 October ). That someone already under immense pressure could leave a meeting with social workers feeling so distressed, and that the professionals had received no suicide-prevention training, is an indictment of the system. It is reassuring to hear Andy Burnham’s support for mandatory…

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