Suicide in the nursing profession

Dyddiad y datganiad:
16 April 2019

You asked

Please can you provide me with the following information:

  • the number of nurses who have committed suicide since 2015

  • the number of midwives who have committed suicide since 2015

We said

Thank you for your request.

Following a search of our records, I can confirm that we do not currently hold all the information you have requested.

However, the number of suicide deaths among nurses from 2011 to 2017 can be found here:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/adhocs/009209suicidedeathsamongnursesaged20to64yearsdeathsregisteredinenglandandwalesbetween2011and2017

We may be able to create what you have requested, or something similar, as a bespoke analysis. Any such analysis would be outside of the Freedom of Information regime and would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs where appropriate. If this is something you would be interested in, please contact mortality@ons.gov.uk so that we may discuss your enquiry further. For more information about the services we offer please visit our website.

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